Getting ParseException when opening PowerShell extension terminal in VS code.

[ComputerScienceSean]

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Summary

I am experiencing a problem when my Visual Studio Code PowerShell Extension Terminal starts.

I am receiving the following error:

ParseException: At line:3 char:141
+ … l' -Recurse -Include '*.ps1' -File | ForEach-Object { . $_.FullName }
+                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The string is missing the terminator: '.
   at System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock.Create(Parser parser, String fileName, String fileContents)
   at System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock.Create(ExecutionContext context, String script)
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandInvocationIntrinsics.InvokeScript(String script)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.PsHelpers.RunScript[T](CommandInvocationIntrinsics cii, String script)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.PsExtensions.RunScript[T](PSCmdlet cmdlet, String script)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.PsHelpers.GetScriptCmdlets(PSCmdlet cmdlet, String scriptFolder)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.GetScriptCmdlet.ProcessRecord()

The error prints itself multiple times when the PowerShell Extension terminal window opens up. It still allows me to run cmdlets, but I would like to understand the cause of this issue.

I am uncertain whether this issue presents itself since I have an apostrophe (') in my name, so I tried moving my OneDrive folder to another path without the apostrophe. This did not solve my issue.

In the regular PowerShell terminal (pwsh) I am not receiving this error.

PowerShell Version

PS C:\Users\<user>\OneDrive - <companyname>\<companyname>\VSCodeFiles\LocalVSCProjects> $PSVersionTable; $Host


Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.4.3
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.4.3
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.22631
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Name             : Visual Studio Code Host
Version          : 2024.2.2
InstanceId       : fb00f15d-def3-4e93-b4ac-ed32b9306f59
UI               : System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface
CurrentCulture   : da-DK
CurrentUICulture : en-GB
PrivateData      : Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost+ConsoleColorProxy
DebuggerEnabled  : True
IsRunspacePushed : False
Runspace         : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalRunspace

Visual Studio Code Version

PS C:\Users\<user>\OneDrive - <companyname>\<companyname>\VSCodeFiles\LocalVSCProjects> code --version

1.90.2
5437499feb04f7a586f677b155b039bc2b3669eb
x64

Extension Version

PS C:\Users\<user>\OneDrive - <companyname>\<companyname>\VSCodeFiles\LocalVSCProjects> code --list-extensions --show-versions | Select-String powershell


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Steps to Reproduce

No code execution is required. The error occurs on startup of the terminal window of the PowerShell extension. Below is the full error.

PS C:\Users\sean\OneDrive - <redacted>\<redacted>\VSCodeFiles\LocalVSCProjects> ParseException: At line:3 char:141
+ … l' -Recurse -Include '*.ps1' -File | ForEach-Object { . $_.FullName }
+                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The string is missing the terminator: '.
   at System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock.Create(Parser parser, String fileName, String fileContents)
   at System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock.Create(ExecutionContext context, String script)
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandInvocationIntrinsics.InvokeScript(String script)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.PsHelpers.RunScript[T](CommandInvocationIntrinsics cii, String script)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.PsExtensions.RunScript[T](PSCmdlet cmdlet, String script)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.PsHelpers.GetScriptCmdlets(PSCmdlet cmdlet, String scriptFolder)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.GetScriptCmdlet.ProcessRecord()
ParseException: At line:3 char:141
+ … l' -Recurse -Include '*.ps1' -File | ForEach-Object { . $_.FullName }
+                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The string is missing the terminator: '.
   at System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock.Create(Parser parser, String fileName, String fileContents)
   at System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock.Create(ExecutionContext context, String script)
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandInvocationIntrinsics.InvokeScript(String script)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.PsHelpers.RunScript[T](CommandInvocationIntrinsics cii, String script)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.PsExtensions.RunScript[T](PSCmdlet cmdlet, String script)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.PsHelpers.GetScriptCmdlets(PSCmdlet cmdlet, String scriptFolder)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.GetScriptCmdlet.ProcessRecord()
ParseException: At line:3 char:139
+ … m' -Recurse -Include '*.ps1' -File | ForEach-Object { . $_.FullName }
+                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The string is missing the terminator: '.
   at System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock.Create(Parser parser, String fileName, String fileContents)
   at System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock.Create(ExecutionContext context, String script)
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandInvocationIntrinsics.InvokeScript(String script)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.PsHelpers.RunScript[T](CommandInvocationIntrinsics cii, String script)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.PsExtensions.RunScript[T](PSCmdlet cmdlet, String script)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.PsHelpers.GetScriptCmdlets(PSCmdlet cmdlet, String scriptFolder)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.GetScriptCmdlet.ProcessRecord()
ParseException: At line:3 char:142
+ … s' -Recurse -Include '*.ps1' -File | ForEach-Object { . $_.FullName }
+                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The string is missing the terminator: '.
   at System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock.Create(Parser parser, String fileName, String fileContents)
   at System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock.Create(ExecutionContext context, String script)
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandInvocationIntrinsics.InvokeScript(String script)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.PsHelpers.RunScript[T](CommandInvocationIntrinsics cii, String script)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.PsExtensions.RunScript[T](PSCmdlet cmdlet, String script)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.PsHelpers.GetScriptCmdlets(PSCmdlet cmdlet, String scriptFolder)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.GetScriptCmdlet.ProcessRecord()
ParseException: At line:3 char:142
+ … s' -Recurse -Include '*.ps1' -File | ForEach-Object { . $_.FullName }
+                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The string is missing the terminator: '.
   at System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock.Create(Parser parser, String fileName, String fileContents)
   at System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock.Create(ExecutionContext context, String script)
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandInvocationIntrinsics.InvokeScript(String script)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.PsHelpers.RunScript[T](CommandInvocationIntrinsics cii, String script)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.PsExtensions.RunScript[T](PSCmdlet cmdlet, String script)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.PsHelpers.GetScriptCmdlets(PSCmdlet cmdlet, String scriptFolder)
   at Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell.GetScriptCmdlet.ProcessRecord()

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[andyleejordan]

Hi,

Please open an issue with Azure PowerShell as the stack trace you shared shows its emanating from their code:

Microsoft.Azure.PowerShell.Cmdlets.Resources.MSGraph.Runtime.PowerShell

I'm going to guess you're probably right about the apostrophe in your name, so share that with them as well. As to why it's happening on start-up of the extension, I can only surmise you're loading the Azure PowerShell module in your profile, or having it installed has injected some startup sequence.

But the PowerShell extension for VS Code does not ship nor load the Azure PowerShell module.

Cheers!

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[JONeillSr]

I'm experiencing the same problem as of 10-17-2024. My name also has an apostrophe (O'Neill). This just began recently, is it possible the bug has been reintroduced in recent builds?

[JustinGrote]

@JONeillSr as noted above, the issue occurs in Azure PowerShell and not the vscode module, you'd have to ask them :)

[JONeillSr]

I fixed the issue by uninstalling the Microsoft.Graph module, logging in as a different user that doesn’t have an apostrophe in the username, installing the Microsoft.Graph module again using the AllUsers scope, then logging back in with my original user account. Started VSCode with no errors this time within the POSH extension.

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@JONeillSrhttps://github.com/JONeillSr as noted above, the issue occurs in Azure PowerShell and not the vscode module, you'd have to ask them :)

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