R language server in vscode does not work properly with conda environments

Describe the bug
Currently, to set up a conda environment with R in VS Code you need to:

1. conda create -n r443 -c conda-forge r-base=4.4.3
2. Modify workspace JSON settings by creating a .vscode/settings.json file and modifying r.rpath.xx and r.rterm.windows to point to appropriate R executable (always R) and terminal (e.g. default R, radian)
3. Use Python extension to do Python: Select Interpreter... - this allows the R terminal to automicatically activate the conda environment prior to running code.

Now I have a functioning R terminal that can send code from VS code editor directly to terminal.
I then was getting errors such as:
Failed to get list of R functions. Make sure that jsonlite is installed and r.rpath.windows points to a valid R executable.
and issues with help:
Couldn't show help for path: /library/stats/html/stats-package.html

Which I realised were issues with R language server.

I also was getting the error when launching vscode: R Language Server (26808) exited with exit code 3221225781

This error is associated with missing DLLs. I found from this issue that this is due to missing DLLs available when doing conda activate r443 - R language server doesn't do this and therefore doesn't work.

A fix is to add these DLLs to PATH, (normally found in /c/Users/<>/miniconda3/envs/r443/Library/bin) and confirming with where libblas.dll in base environment.

Obviously, this is not desirable and it took me ages to figure all this out. Is there a way to run conda activate r443 prior to launching R language server to expose the appropriate DLLs?

P.S. - apologies if this is better suited for languageserver issues, I thought it probably was better suited here as it's regarding the launching and management of the extension via vscode-R.

Thanks!

settings.json:

{
    "r.rpath.windows": "C:\\Users\\<>\\miniconda3\\envs\\r443\\Scripts\\R.exe",
    "r.rterm.windows": "C:\\Users\\<>\\miniconda3\\envs\\r443\\Scripts\\radian.exe"
}

• OS: Windows
• VSCode Version: 1.100.3
• R Version: 4.4.3
• vscode-R version: 2.8.6

Start with the reported .vscode/settings.json configuration and reproduce the R language server launch on Windows with the conda environment. Check the language server startup behavior alongside the missing-DLL and PATH errors described in the issue. Done means the server launches successfully and function lists and help work without manually adding conda DLL directories to PATH.