VSCode stuck in "Opening remote" / "No WSL distros found" error
Sep 12, 2025 · 3 Faced this issue after VSCode automatically updated to 1.104.0 (August 2025 release). In order to fix it, you'll have to disable automatic updates and rollback to 1.103.X (July 2025 …
VSCode says "The editor cannot be opened due to an unexpected …
Jun 14, 2022 · 22 running wsl --shutdown from windows command line and relaunch the vscode solved my issue. edited: The command basically shuts down the WSL without restarting the host …
WSL / VSCode Remote server doesn't load shell-init files or setup env ...
Jul 18, 2025 · The vscode remote extension server host process itself runs a non-interactive shell (obviously). My understanding is non-interactive login shell is similar to using bash -c or similar. …
VS Code Remote - Can't run 'code' command in WSL Ubuntu 18 or …
Feb 5, 2022 · wsl --shutdown On vscode install wsl by searching WSL and also check terminal and you will see Wsl Alpine on dropdown or open cmd again as administrator and login to wsl.
VSCode under Windows keeps popping up a terminal window asking …
Nov 28, 2024 · I used to have the WSL extension in VSCode, but I uninstalled it. Still, every time I start VSCode, it keeps popping up a terminal window asking me to "update" WSL.
Opening a file located on WSL with VSCode from the command line
Feb 16, 2025 · The goal is for VSCode to open the invoked file correctly in the appropriate WSL environment (if multiple WSL distributions are installed), using the Remote WSL extension.
VSCode is unable to connect to my WSL2 distribution
Feb 15, 2024 · For some reason, my vscode is unable to connect to WSL. I am using Debian and it is running on WSL2. Every time it tries to connect, the connection gets timed out ...
VS Code connect to WSL Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, fail with error: Could not ...
Sep 29, 2020 · I've tried these methods but it doesn't work: wsl --shutdown Reinstall VScode Remove .vscode-server in WSL (rm -rf ~/.vscode-server) Finally I found the problem, the problem was with …
VS Code remote to WSL /bin/code-server: not found
May 30, 2024 · I have recently moved my WSL installation to another drive for disk space sake by using this guide: medium. After it, when I try to open a remote window on VS Code I get the error: …
WSL Keeps crashing when using VSCode - Stack Overflow
Dec 12, 2022 · Using a blanco Ubuntu WSL installation from Windows Store, running VSCode from there with repository in the /home folder. No WSL extensions installed. It is working for some time, …