VSCode Powershell integrated terminal hangs when starting

Question

I am using VSCode version 1.12.2 in Windows 10 x64 build 16193. I am trying to debug Powershell in VSCode, but I cannot get the PowerShell Integrated Terminal working. Every time I started the terminal, here's what I see:

And then it hangs in that stage. I can still debug, start, step in, step out..., but I cannot view my variable or run any expression.

My VSCode is using powershell x64 here:

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

Answer 1

So this is a known issue with this version of windows 10. Workaround here: https://github.com/PowerShell/vscode-powershell/issues/742