VSCode Run C/C++ File 尝试在 WSL 集成终端中运行编译后的程序，而不是 CMD

Question

I've got a strange problem occurring when attempting to run a C++ program on VSCode. For examples sake, let's say I have the following main.cpp

#include <iostream>

int main() {
    std::cout << "Hello World" << std::endl;
    return 0;
}

I then go to compile and run the program using the Run C/C++ File button in the top right:

When I click this, the program is built successfully:

However, VSCode then attempts to run the built executable in the WSL integrated terminal instead of CMD, despite CMD being my default integrated terminal. This obviously throws an error:

After a few seconds, the following error message pops up:

My launch.json looks like this for reference:

{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        

    ]
}

I'm not sure what to do to fix this, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you:)

Answer 1

Press Ctrl + ` to open the inbuilt terminal if it's not open, then click on the dropdown next to the "+" dymbol at the top right corner of the terminal, and click on "Configure Terminal Settings". In the tab that opens, set Terminal › External: Windows Exec to C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

Should do the trick. If it still doesn't work as expected, it might be an extension doing it, as Anthony said in the comments.

Answer 2

I finally found the issue to my problem. For some strange reason, at the top of my User Settings (JSON), I had "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\wsl.exe"

I simply deleted the line and now everything is fine