Intellisense on Windows: PowerShell cmdlets is not working

[markallisongit]

System Details

• Operating system name and version: Windows 10 1709
• VS Code version: Version 1.19.3 x64
• PowerShell extension version: 1.5.1
• Output from $PSVersionTable: See below

Copy / paste the following commands into the PowerShell Integrated Console, and paste the output here:

code -v
code : The term 'code' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the
path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ code -v
+ ~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (code:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

$pseditor.EditorServicesVersion
Empty line - nothing was output

code --list-extensions --show-versions
code : The term 'code' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the
path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ code --list-extensions --show-versions
+ ~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (code:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

$PSVersionTable
Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.16299.98
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.16299.98
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

Issue Description

Intellisense for PowerShell cmdlets is not working.

Attached Logs

Logs folder is empty! However if I enable developer tools in Help menu, I can see this:

/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:4056 [ms-vscode.PowerShell]Cannot read property 'text' of undefined
e.$onExtensionRuntimeError @ /C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:4056
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:4056 TypeError: Cannot read property 'text' of undefined
	at HelpCompletionFeature.onEvent (C:\Users\mark\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-1.5.1\out\src\features\HelpCompletion.js:34:100)
	at e.fire (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:87:238)
	at e.$acceptDirtyStateChanged (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:432:782)
	at t.e.invoke (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:516:87)
	at e._invokeHandler (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:357:580)
	at e._receiveOneMessage (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:357:270)
	at c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:356:206
	at c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:358:204
	at c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:85:988
	at e.fire (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:87:218)
e.$onExtensionRuntimeError @ /C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:4056
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:4056 [ms-vscode.PowerShell]Cannot read property 'text' of undefined
e.$onExtensionRuntimeError @ /C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:4056
/C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:4056 TypeError: Cannot read property 'text' of undefined
	at HelpCompletionFeature.onEvent (C:\Users\mark\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-1.5.1\out\src\features\HelpCompletion.js:34:100)
	at e.fire (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:87:238)
	at e.$acceptDirtyStateChanged (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:432:782)
	at e.$acceptModelSaved (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:432:565)
	at t.e.invoke (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:516:87)
	at e._invokeHandler (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:357:580)
	at e._receiveOneMessage (c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:357:270)
	at c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:356:206
	at c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:358:204
	at c:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\node\extensionHostProcess.js:85:988
e.$onExtensionRuntimeError @ /C:/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/workbench.main.js:4056

[TylerLeonhardt]

Thanks for the report, @markallisongit! Are you using VSCode Insiders or Stable?

[markallisongit]

@tylerl0706 using stable. I am having the exact same problem on my desktop and my laptop with same Windows versions and vscode versions. I built a new Windows 10 1709 VM and installed code with all my extensions, but didn't see the issue.

[tolarianNZ]

Same issue here on Windows 8.1, Visual Studio Code v1.20.1, PS Extension v1.6.0, and another colleagues using Win10. Tab auto-complete on common PS cmdlets doesn't seem to work... for example get-childitem... but any cmdlet really. I found a similar article in 2016 of this being fixed, but it seems to have returned? Any word on an ETA for a fix?

[markallisongit]

Very interested to know when this might be fixed. I've got a new laptop and the same issue has appeared there too.

[tolarianNZ]

Hoping replies via email work. It was user error for me in the end. Even once you install the PowerShell extension for whatever reason you need to click Reload. When I did this all works really well now. May not be everyone's case but hope this helps. Best regards, Ryan Pool

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On Sat, 24 Mar. 2018, 10:26 pm Mark Allison, ***@***.***> wrote: Very interested to know when this might be fixed. I've got a new laptop and the same issue has appeared there too. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1189 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AfL5AD8_thtLLrG736ZairLJ4s5xKmljks5thi1pgaJpZM4R4kRT> .

[markallisongit]

@tolarianNZ no this did not work for me, neither does a reboot nor reinstall of the extension.

[tolarianNZ]

Ah I almost forgot, you must also save the script as .ps1 before it can recognise which language to base your code on. Unsaved code won't work. Best regards, Ryan Pool

…

On Sun, 25 Mar. 2018, 5:04 am Mark Allison, ***@***.***> wrote: @tolarianNZ <https://github.com/tolarianNZ> no this did not work for me, neither does a reboot nor reinstall of the extension. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1189 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AfL5ABE4dCNhuH8bGYGLeeHws2FCm4UFks5thoq_gaJpZM4R4kRT> .

[TylerLeonhardt]

Actually, you don't have to save it as a .ps1 you can just change the language mode to PowerShell and the extension will start.

You can change this by opening up the command pallet (ctrl(or cmd on Mac)+shift+p) and type "language". It should say something like "Change language mode" and then hit enter and find PowerShell.

[rkeithhill]

This error:

Cannot read property 'text' of undefined
	at HelpCompletionFeature.onEvent (C:\Users\mark\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-1.5.1\out\src\features\HelpCompletion.js:34:100)

has been fixed and will appear in the next drop 1.6.1. However, there are likely many causes of Intellisense not appearing so YMMV.

[markallisongit]

@rkeithhill I notice that 1.7.0 has been released but this issue was not included. Any ideas on whether it will appear in the next one?

[TylerLeonhardt]

Ah. So you can still reproduce the issue?

Can you set the log level to "diagnostic" and let me know if any logs get generated then? Instructions here if you need them: https://github.com/PowerShell/vscode-powershell#2-capture-verbose-logs-and-send-them-to-us