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Unexpected characters in VSCode PS Integrated shell commands

See original GitHub issue

Issue Description

After upgrading the PS Extension in VS Code to 2020.4.0, I noticed the PS Integrated Shell showing garbage characters when trying to type any commands.

Example showing strange extra characters after only typing dir: VSCode.PS.CmdLineMess.jpg

Attached Logs

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Follow the instructions in the README about capturing and sending logs.

Environment Information

Visual Studio Code

Name	Version
Operating System	Windows_NT x64 6.3.9600
VSCode	1.44.1
PowerShell Extension Version	2020.4.0

PowerShell Information

Name	Value
PSVersion	5.1.14409.1018
PSEdition	Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions	1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.1.14409.1018
BuildVersion	10.0.14409.1018
CLRVersion	4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion	3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion	2.3
SerializationVersion	1.1.0.1

Visual Studio Code Extensions

Visual Studio Code Extensions(Click to Expand)

Extension	Author	Version
csharp	ms-dotnettools	1.21.17
gc-excelviewer	GrapeCity	2.1.34
kuskus-extensions-pack	rosshamish	1.0.1
kuskus-kusto-color-themes	rosshamish	0.1.0
kuskus-kusto-language-server	rosshamish	1.0.1
kuskus-kusto-syntax-highlighting	rosshamish	1.1.8
material-icon-theme	PKief	4.0.1
mssql	ms-mssql	1.9.0
powershell	ms-vscode	2020.4.0
rainbow-csv	mechatroner	1.6.0
team	ms-vsts	1.161.0

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Comments:12 (6 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

Schwanowskicommented, Apr 27, 2020

I have had the same issue and the workaround worked for me too.

1reaction

ZZStonercommented, Apr 17, 2020

Thanks. The workaround unblocked me.

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