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This document contains troubleshooting steps for commonly reported issues when using the
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[PowerShell Extension] for Visual Studio Code.
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## Script Analysis is Reporting False Errors
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## How do I debug my PowerShell script?
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Script analysis is provided by the [PSScriptAnalyzer] project on GitHub.
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Please [open an issue there] if you are getting fault script diagnostics
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(red and green squiggly lines under PowerShell in scripts).
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This topic is best covered in the "Debugging PowerShell Script in Visual Studio Code"
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Scripting Guys blog posts (thanks community!):
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## Problems with Syntax Highlighting
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* [Part 1](https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2017/02/06/debugging-powershell-script-in-visual-studio-code-part-1/)
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* [Part 2](https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2017/02/13/debugging-powershell-script-in-visual-studio-code-part-2/)
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PowerShell syntax highlighting is not performed by the [PowerShell Extension].
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Instead syntax highlighting for VSCode, Atom, SublimeText and even GitHub is
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provided by the [Editor Syntax] repository on GitHub. Please open any
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[syntax highlighting issues there].
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## Script analysis is reporting false errors
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However, with the introduction of [Semantic Highlighting] in [v2021.2.2], the
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chosen colors may be different because this is applied at a layer above [Editor
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Syntax]. To disable semantic highlighting and so restore the colors as they
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were, set:
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Script analysis is provided by the [PSScriptAnalyzer] project on GitHub. If the warning
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message starts with `[PSScriptAnalyzer]` or if you are getting faulty script diagnostics
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(red and green squiggly lines under PowerShell in scripts) please [open an issue there].
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## Problems with syntax highlighting
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PowerShell syntax highlighting is performed in combintation by the [PowerShell Extension]
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(semantic highlighting) and [Editor Syntax]. Syntax highlighting for VS Code, Atom,
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SublimeText and even GitHub is provided by the [Editor Syntax] repository on GitHub.
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With the introduction of [Semantic Highlighting] in [v2021.2.2], the chosen colors may be
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different because this is applied at a layer above [Editor Syntax]. To disable semantic
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highlighting and so restore the colors as they were and rely solely on [Editor Syntax],
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set:
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If you leave it enabled, you can customize the colors used for the various
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## VSCode is not working like the ISE
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If you disable it and your issue remains, then please open those [syntax highlighting
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issues there].
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## Windows aren't appearing
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Due to an [issue](https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/42356) in Electron, windows
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spawned by Visual Studio Code (such as those for `Get-Credential`, `Connect-MsolService`,
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`Connect-AzAccount`, `Connect-AzureAd`, etc.) do not appear above Visual Studio Code.
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## Visual Studio Code is not working like the ISE
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## Known Issues in the Extension
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## Known issues in the extension
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- If you are running the Preview version "PowerShell Preview" side-by-side with the stable version "PowerShell"
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you will experience performance and debug issues.
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## Reporting an Issue
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## Reporting an issue
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## Opening a New Issue
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## Opening a new issue
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## Reproducing the Issue
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## Reproducing the issue
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[Command Palette]: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/userinterface#_command-palette
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[Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure]: https://technet.microsoft.com/security/dn467923

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