Annoying wsl.exe command prompt window pops up all the time

[vtsarik]

Type: Bug

As I use VS Code wsl.exe command prompt window pops up all the time even though I don't use WSL nor do I intend/interested in using it. It wasn't occurring in earlier versions of VS Code, so must be some changes in the recent months.

VS Code version: Code 1.96.1 (42b2661, 2024-12-17T17:50:05.206Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8370C CPU @ 2.80GHz (16 x 2793)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: unavailable_software canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: disabled_software multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: disabled_off rasterization: disabled_software raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: disabled_software video_encode: disabled_software vulkan: disabled_off webgl: unavailable_software webgl2: unavailable_software webgpu: unavailable_software webnn: unavailable_software
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	63.95GB (30.79GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 689c8c4d-e0c4-45ed-8eba-f10551c27806
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

Extensions (13)

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
midl3-language-server	Ale	0.0.31
vscode-research	dev	1.2024.626001
copilot	Git	1.255.0
copilot-chat	Git	0.23.2
devinsights	Mic	2022.6.23-2
osrepo-rust-helper	Mic	0.0.7
razzle-sources	Mic	0.0.1
tdpcode	Mic	10.2408.501
vscode-nmake-tools	Mic	4.0.241001001
wavework	Mic	1.2024.115001
sarif-viewer	MS-	3.4.4
cpptools	ms-	1.22.11
rust-analyzer	rus	0.3.2253

A/B Experiments

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h48ei257:31000450
pythontbext0:30879054
cppperfnew:31000557
dsvsc020:30976470
pythonait:31006305
dsvsc021:30996838
dvdeprecation:31068756
dwnewjupytercf:31046870
nativerepl1:31139838
pythonrstrctxt:31112756
nativeloc2:31192216
cf971741:31144450
iacca1:31171482
notype1cf:31157160
5fd0e150:31155592
dwcopilot:31170013
stablechunks:31184530
6074i472:31201624

[vs-code-engineering]

Thanks for creating this issue! It looks like you may be using an old version of VS Code, the latest stable release is 1.96.2. Please try upgrading to the latest version and checking whether this issue remains.

Happy Coding!

[Tyriar]

/duplicate #233618