How can I open a New Ubuntu 20.04 shell (WSL2) in VSCode integrated terminal

Question

On my machine I have installed the WSL2 on Windows 10 Pro and a Ubuntu 20.04 LTS distro. I am also using VSCode as editor for programming. I start VSCode in Windows (not in the WSL2 Ubuntu) and there is the possibility to create a new terminal using the profile "New Ubuntu-20.04 (Standard) (WSL)".

Image: Start New Ubuntu 20.04 (Standard) (WSL)

However, this doesn't work as it calls the command "wsl -d Ubuntu-20.04 (Standard)" thus interpreting "(Standard)" as a command to be executed in WSL. This obviously fails as there is no command "(Standard)".

Image: Error message starting the shell

How can I change this profile? Is that possible at all?

As a workaround I can create a new profile in my VSCode user settings and pass the correct argument to the "wsl" command. But then I still have the defective profile entry in the integrated terminal. But I just want to have working entries there.

thanks in advance

Lars

Answer 1

The April 2021 release of VS code fixed the issue.