VS Code repeatedly reports ComSpec environment variable error despite correct configuration

[NghiemLg]

Type: Bug

1. Open VS Code.
2. Observe the ComSpec environment variable error message in the bottom right corner.
3. Verify the ComSpec environment variable value by opening Command Prompt and typing echo %ComSpec%.
4. The returned value is C:\Windows\Sysnative\cmd.exe (correct for Windows 11 64-bit).
5. Check the Path environment variable and ensure both C:\Windows\System32 and C:\Windows\SysWOW64 are included in the list.

VS Code version: Code 1.92.0 (b1c0a14de1414fcdaa400695b4db1c0799bc3124, 2024-07-31T23:26:45.634Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631 Modes:

System Info

|Item|Value| |---|---| |CPUs|11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz (16 x 2304)| |GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
skia_graphite: disabled_off
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
vulkan: disabled_off
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
webgpu: enabled
webnn: disabled_off| |Load (avg)|undefined| |Memory (System)|7.78GB (1.08GB free)| |Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 11ecd845-5c95-4715-b39a-271c849facac| |Screen Reader|no| |VM|0%|

Extensions (7)

Extension|Author (truncated)|Version ---|---|--- debugpy|ms-|2024.10.0 python|ms-|2024.12.1 vscode-pylance|ms-|2024.7.1 cmake-tools|ms-|1.18.44 cpptools|ms-|1.21.5 cpptools-extension-pack|ms-|1.3.0 cmake|twx|0.0.17 (1 theme extensions excluded)

A/B Experiments

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[joshspicer]

Could you share a screenshot or the verbatim message in the error message as you describe occurring in (2)? Also, could you try disabling all extensions with the bisect utility to rule out one of your extensions contributing this error? Those both will help us understand this issue better - thanks!

[NghiemLg]

I deleted all other extensions except Python and below The image I provided:

On Sat, Aug 3, 2024 at 2:32 AM Josh Spicer @.***> wrote:

Could you share a screenshot or the verbatim message in the error message as you describe occurring in (2)? Also, could you try disabling all extensions with the bisect utility https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2021/02/16/extension-bisect to rule out one of your extensions contributing this error? Those both will help us understand this issue better - thanks!

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[NghiemLg]

This is a relevant image.