PowerShell Integrated Console prompt does not appear

[Liturgist]

PowerShell Integrated Console

After installing the Microsoft PowerShell Extension, it appears that I can choose a TERMINAL of "powershell" or "PowerShell Integrated Console."

The "powershell" TERMINAL appears to work as expected, but no debugging can be done.

"""Cannot debug or run a PowerShell script until the PowerShell session has started. Wait for the PowerShell session to finish starting and try again.
"""

The "PowerShell Integrated Console" TERMINAL does not. It appears hung. It accepts no keyboard entry.

This is based on a fresh install of VS Code from VSCodeUserSetup-x64-1.45.1.exe.

Version: 1.45.1 (user setup)
Commit: 5763d909d5f12fe19f215cbfdd29a91c0fa9208a
Date: 2020-05-14T08:27:35.169Z
Electron: 7.2.4
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.18363

PowerShell extension 2020.4.0
%USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions\ms-vscode.powershell-1.8.2\ms-vscode.powershell-1.8.2
    (PS: There is no "examples" subdirectory)

[ninmonkey]

The debugger and extension are the 'integrated terminal' The other one is a regular shell.
It doesn't boot up instantly. Hit f5, it'll say it's loading, then you'll see it finish. Then hit f5 to use it. After the first load it stays loaded.

[Liturgist]

When VS Code is first started, I get the Welcome doc and a regular shell PowerShell.

Pressing F5:

• brings up the the "Select Environment" list,
• starts a "PowerShell Integrated Console" terminal,
• and displays "Starting PowerShell..." in yellow on the bottom status line.

The PowerShell Integrated Console terminal displays "=====> PowerShell Integrated Console <=====" and nothing else.

Clicking on "Starting PowerShell..." brings up a notification:

Running the contributed command:
'PowerShell.Show.SessionMenu' failed.

How can I tell which PowerShell executable is being used? I have two (2) in the PATH on my system.

C:>where powershell
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

C:>where pwsh
C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7.0.1\7\pwsh.exe

[Liturgist]

It has been "Starting PowerShell..." for over thirty (30) minutes. What should I expect?

[TylerLeonhardt]

Thanks for the info! Can you also attach the logs here so we can get a better idea of what's going on?

[TylerLeonhardt]

Also is this machine locked down in any way?

[Liturgist]

Logs are attached from a recent run. I did not find any text about "error" or "fail" in them. The machine is not locked down in any way.

vscode-powershell.log
EditorServices.log
StartEditorServices.log

[y-halim]

I have the same issue with the same vesion of VS Code that I installed 3 days ago.

Version: 1.45.1 (user setup)
Commit: 5763d909d5f12fe19f215cbfdd29a91c0fa9208a
Date: 2020-05-14T08:27:35.169Z
Electron: 7.2.4
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.18362

vscode-powershell.log
EditorServices.log
StartEditorServices.log

[TylerLeonhardt]

Does this machine use Avecto or BeyondSoft at all?

Is there any enforcement via Group Policy on this machine?

Is there any anti-virus on the machine?

Have you configured the machine in any bizarre ways... That might be non-traditional?

[Liturgist]

Does this machine use Avecto or BeyondSoft at all? No
Is there any enforcement via Group Policy on this machine? gpresult /Scope User /v does not report any
Is there any anti-virus on the machine? Yes, McAfee
Have you configured the machine in any bizarre ways... That might be non-traditional? No

[Liturgist]

Requested Repro-Info provided.

[SydneyhSmith]

Thanks so much for all the information, we are still having some trouble diagnosing the crash...it would be really helpful if you could also attach the payloadlogs--instructions for how to do that are here