Visual Studio Code C# Project has incorrect assembly (program) path (HPD)

Question

When I create a C# project within Visual Studio Code v1.16.1, I execute the following commands from a command prompt:

dotnet new console -o TestConsoleApp
cd TestConsoleApp
code .

Visual Studio then launches with a sample "Hello World" console application.

I have the C# extension by OmniSharp installed:

But when I attempt to debug the application (F5) I get the following:

which reads:

Error launch: program 'c:\\Dev\\VSCode\\TestConsoleApp\\bin\\Debug\\netcoreapp2.0\\TestConsoleApp.dll' does not exist.

The reason for this is because the launch.json specifies the program as

"program": "${workspaceRoot}/bin/Debug/netcoreapp2.0/TestConsoleApp.dll",

But the application, when it loads for the first time creates the path as:

~\bin\HPD\Debug\netcoreapp2.0

And stores all the appropriate assembly information at that location.

Why is HPD appearing in the actual program path? It would appear that it is extraneous, and I used nothing but the defaults when installing. I can't figure out why it is being added to the path.

If I adjust the launch.json, then everything works fine. It isn't clear why the "HPD" is being added when the project is created.

Answer 1

This can happen when an environment variable overrides values in the build process. The variable that drives this is Configuration .

Check your system and user environment variables if any Configuration variable is set. The sample problem applies to Platform variables (usually set on some HP laptops).