Make Visual Studio Code use WSL/bash in the debug console on Windows

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I'm running Visual Studio Code on Windows, but run my (NodeJS/TypeScript) application on the WSL/bash. However, I can't make the VS Code Debug Console use bash. It seems to still use cmd.exe.

I can test this by running my application from inside Visual Studio Code, and then entering process.platform in the debug console. It shows win32.

On the other hand, the Terminal does use bash.exe.

I've set terminal.integrated.shell.windows and terminal.external.windowsExec to C:\\Windows\\System32\\bash.exe.

How can I make VS Code use bash in the Debug Console?

Peter · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-19 12:12:54Z

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Apparently, the settings I mentioned have no effect. I just needed to add the "useWSL": true setting to my launch.json.

Update I've switched to using the Remote Development extension for VS Code. I've written about it here.

edited Nov 19, 2019 at 12:12

answered Mar 21, 2019 at 11:11

Peter

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