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I recently installed Visual Studio Code and as soon as I try to run a terminal window I get this error

The terminal process command 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\cmd.exe' failed to launch (exit code: 2)

This also happens for PowerShell terminals

I have read many forums where this is asked and try the "solutions" mentioned there but none of that work.

asked Feb 18, 2019 at 19:12

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In my case the issue was with the antivirus since it doesn ́t allow a process (Visual Studio Code) to create/spawn a new process like the command prompt (Terminal)

To solve it make sure you configure your antivirus to exclude Visual Studio Code or stop all of the antivirus services --at you own risk--

To stop the Symantec Endpoint Protection use the following sequence of commands in a .bat file 

cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection
smc.exe -stop
pause
answered Feb 18, 2019 at 19:12
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Check if the machine has enough free memory. I had the same issue and it went away after closing some unnecessary application.

answered Mar 5, 2019 at 21:02

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