How to fix this 'cmd' not recognized error to carry out the debugging in VSCode?

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While debugging cmd is not recognized is displayed and program is not debugged.

What can be the problem?

I have already checked the path and pythonpath variables and those seem to be just fine 

bash
C:\Users\rahul\Desktop\vscode\.vscode>cd c:\Users\rahul\Desktop\vscode\.vscode && 

cmd /C "set "PYTHONIOENCODING=UTF-8" && 

set "PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1" && 

C:\Users\rahul\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\python.exe c:\Users\rahul\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2019.6.22090\pythonFiles\ptvsd_launcher.py --default --client --host localhost
    --port 50265 c:\Users\rahul\Desktop\vscode\.vscode\s.py "
    'cmd' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
    operable program or batch file.
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3 Answers

TL;DR: cmd is not in your Windows Environment Path. enter image description here add %SystemRoot%\system32 to your System Variables and restart VSCode.

Visual Studio Code has actually brought native support for selecting your terminal, so including cmd into your path is nolonger necessary.

  • Press CTRL + SHIFT + P -> Terminal: Select default shell -> select your terminal.

It will add this line to your settings.json:

"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe" should have appeared.

Or if you chose Powershell, it will look like this:

"terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe"

To view your settings.json file, simply:

  • Ctrl + , scroll down to Files: Associations and click Edit in settings.json.
user_29029960

It means that cmd is not in your path. Either:

  • Add the path to the system or user variables in the control panel

  • Use the full path to cmd instead (typically C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe), meaning something like:

cd c:\Users\rahul\Desktop\vscode\.vscode && C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C "set "PYTHONIOENCODING=UTF-8" && set "PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1" && C:\Users\rahul\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\python.exe c:\Users\rahul\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2019.6.22090\pythonFiles\ptvsd_launcher.py --default --client --host localhost --port 50265 c:\Users\rahul\Desktop\vscode\.vscode\s.py "

user_14853110

If cmd is in your Windows Environment Path, that means that, probably, your default integrated shell is set to wsl bash. Change it and set "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe" in your settings json

You may need to restart VSCode for this to take effect.

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