PowerShell Integrated Terminal Crashes when Changing Folders

[Wolveraptor]

Type: Bug

Steps to reproduce:

• Ensure you have have opened two separate Git repositories both with the integrated PowerShell terminal loaded first! This is required so that PowerShell attempts to automatically open each time you open a new Git folder.
• Open Visual Studio Code.
• Open a folder with a Git repository.
• PowerShell integrated terminal will stay open.
• Open another folder with Git repository.
• PowerShell integrated terminal crashes with the error: "The terminal process "C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" terminated with exit code: -1073741510."

Have tried:

• Disabling all Visual Studio Code extensions.
• Removing all Visual Studio Code "@Modified" settings.
• Deleting the "C:\Users<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Code' folder.

Notes:

• Downgrading to Visual Studio Code 1.97.2 on Windows 11 24H2 seems to work.
• Visual Studio Code 1.98.0 does not have the same issue when on Windows 11 23H2.

Issue occurs when:

• Using Windows 11 24H2 and Visual Studio Code 1.98.0

Isse does not occur when:

• Using Windows 11 24H2 and Visual Studio Code 1.97.2
• Using Windows 11 23H2 and Visual Studio Code 1.98.0

VS Code version: Code 1.98.0 (6609ac3, 2025-03-04T21:06:18.612Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900K (32 x 2995)
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)	63.72GB (52.90GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 5dc200e8-363d-4d5f-8dc6-63a69f76ed42
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (4)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
debugpy	ms-	2025.4.0
python	ms-	2025.2.0
vscode-pylance	ms-	2025.3.1
powershell	ms-	2025.0.0

[Wangijun]

I also encountered this problem，

My system information

版本: 1.98.0 (user setup)
提交: 6609ac3
日期: 2025-03-04T21:06:18.612Z
Electron: 34.2.0
ElectronBuildId: 11044223
Chromium: 132.0.6834.196
Node.js: 20.18.2
V8: 13.2.152.36-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

[xgdgsc]

This extension issue might also be related: nguyenngoclongdev/vs-terminal-keeper#52

[anak1st]

I also encountered the same problem. When I opened a project, the terminal would crash when it was automatically started. When I closed all terminals and opened a pwsh, it would also crash. However, it would not crash if I opened it again after a few seconds.

[nvzoll]

Experiencing this problem as well, Windows 11 24H2, VS Code 1.98.0

[meganrogge]

Does this occur if you use Powershell vs windows powershell? The latter has performance issues and we suggest using the former.

[nvzoll]

@meganrogge I use powershell 7.5.0 installed from github release executable (reinstalled, before it was winget installation, nothing changed for me, the issue persists)

[meganrogge]

does changing terminal.integrated.windowsUseConptyDll fix it?

[nvzoll]

@meganrogge with some brief testing, it seems that the dll option does fix it.