tasks cannot run with cmd.exe

[bobby829]

My default terminal is using cmd. I use cmd to run the tasks and get this.

'""C:' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
The terminal process terminated with exit code: 1

I add an options in the in the tasks.json to make it run with powershell and it work perfectly.

        {
            "label": "Build project",
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "C:/Users/bobby/AppData/Roaming/GNU MCU Eclipse/Build Tools/2.11-20180428-1604/bin/make.exe",
            "args": [
                "GCC_PATH=C:/Users/bobby/AppData/Roaming/GNU MCU Eclipse/ARM Embedded GCC/8.2.1-1.1-20190102-1122/bin",
                "-j6"
            ],
            "problemMatcher": {
                "pattern": {
                    "regexp": "^(.*):(\\d+):(\\d+):\\s+(warning|error):\\s+(.*)$",
                    "file": 1,
                    "line": 2,
                    "column": 3,
                    "severity": 4,
                    "message": 5
                }
            },
            "presentation": {
                "focus": true
            },
            "options": {
                "shell": {
                    "executable": "powershell.exe"
                }
            }
        },

[rreicher]

Hi,

Same error inside VSCode console

`> Executing task in folder NucleoF446RE_template: """C:/Users/romain reicher/AppData/Roaming/GNU MCU Eclipse/Build Tools/2.11-20180428-1604/bin/make.exe" "GCC_PATH=C:/Users/romain reicher/AppData/Roaming/GNU MCU Eclipse/ARM Embedded GCC/8.2.1-1.1-20190102-1122/bin" -j6"" <

'""C:' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. The terminal process terminated with exit code: 1`

{ "version": "2.0.0", "tasks": [ { "label": "Build project", "group": { "kind": "build", "isDefault": true }, "type": "shell", "command": "C:/Users/name/AppData/Roaming/GNU MCU Eclipse/Build Tools/2.11-20180428-1604/bin/make.exe", "args": [ "GCC_PATH=C:/Users/name/AppData/Roaming/GNU MCU Eclipse/ARM Embedded GCC/8.2.1-1.1-20190102-1122/bin", "-j6" ], "problemMatcher": { "pattern": { "regexp": "^(.*):(\\d+):(\\d+):\\s+(warning|error):\\s+(.*)$", "file": 1, "line": 2, "column": 3, "severity": 4, "message": 5 } }, "presentation": { "focus": true } }, {

[schperplata]

Seems like your default integrated terminal is cmd.exe. Mine indeed is powershell.exe. I don't remember manually reconfiguring VS Code settings to use powershell, so I assume you either changed it manually or, some other thing changed your default terminal.

As Windows default terminal is now powershell, I decided to keep the tasks as they are, and ask user to switch to powershell.exe. If you, for some reason, wish to keep the default terminal cmd.exe (instead of powershell.exe), you can reconfigure this VS Code workspace integrated shell path:

"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe"

It is possible to add this into workspace settings (as currently are cortex-debug settings), but I would prefer to keep as little modified VS Code settings as possible. I will implement it if there will be more requests.