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Your ComSpec environment variable is wrong. It should be ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe.

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You have to fix it using the environment variable UI. In the start menu type 'environment`, you should get this option

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Click on the following button:

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You should see ComSpec in the System Environment variable section:

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Fix that, then close and re-open all instances of VS Code.

Originally posted by Kartik Raj (@karrtikr) in #20339

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  1. vs-code-engineering commented on Jun 10, 2026

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