Why windows commands are not working in vscode-insiders' terminal (error: <3>init: (632) ERROR: UtilConnectUnix:466: connect failed 111)

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  • VSCode Version: 1.53.0-insider (x64)
  • OS Version: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.21292.1010]
  • WSL version: WSL 2
  • distribution: Ubuntu-20.04

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. (in wsl.exe)Type code-insiders ~ && exit
  2. Press ctrl+j in the VSCode window
  3. Type explorer.exe .

Result: It shows me this error: <3>init: (632) ERROR: UtilConnectUnix:466: connect failed 111

Question: How can I fix it and why it is happening ?

Extensions on WSL:

  • ms-vscode.cpptools
  • eamodio.gitlens
  • ms-toolsai.jupyter
  • ms-python.vscode-pylance
  • ms-python.python
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1 Answers

I think I had a similar issue here, you have to check the environment variables of you WSL2 session.

WSL_INTEROP=/run/WSL/197_interop

if this points to a not existing socket the connection fails.

cheers Marco

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