Starting debug only launches the activation of the conda environment but not the script

Issue Type: Bug

I simply launch VScode, and from there start my debug task. I’ve run a few debug task earlier today and it worked fine, but after updating to the latest python extension (I guess this is when it started), then I get this in the output window :

Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

PS C:\Users\omartin\xy> & cmd /k "C:\Users\omartin\Anaconda3\Scripts\activate az-ml-sdk-batch-ai & powershell"
Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

instead of the launch of the script.

Extension version: 2018.9.0 VS Code version: Code 1.28.0 (431ef9da3cf88a7e164f9d33bf62695e07c6c2a9, 2018-10-05T14:58:53.203Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.17134

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel® Core™ i7-8650U CPU @ 1.90GHz (8 x 2112)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled checker_imaging: disabled_off flash_3d: enabled flash_stage3d: enabled flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on native_gpu_memory_buffers: disabled_software rasterization: enabled video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Memory (System)	15.93GB (6.87GB free)
Process Argv
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

[DonJayamanne]

Solution:

• Open, activate and launch the debugger process in the terminal our selves, rather than passing this onto VSC.
• This way, we can pass the activation script and run the debugger command in one go (combine the commands).

[AlexandreOuellet]

workaround : You can install the older extension version. You can download the vsix here : https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/releases/tag/2018.8.0 Make sure you disabled autoUpdate for extensions though

Edit: DonJayamanne’s solution is working, no need to use my workaround