PowerShell / PowerShell/PowerShellEditorServices

2.0.0 preview Module loading error (pb loading netstandard, Version=2.0.0.0)

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Description

Description

When trying to launch the PowerShell preview 2.0.0 in VSCode, I've got an error that I was able to pin down to the importation of the PowerShellEditorServices module. When trying to load the module by itself, there is three Add-Type errors. When trying those Add-Type manually, I've got the same errors that say Unable to load one or more of the requested types. I checked the LoaderException objects, and it seems to boil down to that message:

{System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'netstandard, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

Files attached

EditorServices-reportlogs.zip contains:

  • vscode-powershell.log
  • Start-EditorServices-EditorServices.log (log level: diagnostic)
  • Import-Module.log (manual module importation, verbose)
  • LoaderException.txt (random loader exception among loads of identical ones)

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Research direction

Start by reading LoaderException.txt and the diagnostic logs in EditorServices-reportlogs.zip, then reproduce the failed PowerShellEditorServices import from VSCode preview 2.0.0. Trace the netstandard assembly-loading failure; done means the module imports and VSCode launches without the reported Add-Type errors.

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Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, powershell
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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