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Support remote process listing on Windows#8622
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Description

@georgreen
georgreen
opened on Sep 12, 2025

Type: Bug

Issue Description

Attaching debugger to remote process on remote windows fails to connect because listing process fails. The command expects the remote machine to have bash installed.

'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command

Steps to Reproduce

Add config for setting up connection to remote Windows machine

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": ".NET Core Attach (Remote Windows)",
            "type": "coreclr",
            "request": "attach",
            "processId": "${command:pickRemoteProcess}",
            "pipeTransport": {
                "pipeProgram": "ssh",
                "pipeArgs": [
                    "user@IP"
                ],
                "debuggerPath": "/usr/bin/dotnet",
                "pipeCwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
                "quoteArgs": true
            },
            "windows": {
                "pipeTransport": {
                    "pipeProgram": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\OpenSSH\\ssh.exe",
                    "pipeArgs": [
                        "user@IP"
                    ],
                    "debuggerPath": "C:\\Program Files\\dotnet\\dotnet.exe",
                    "pipeCwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
                    "quoteArgs": true
                }
            },
            "justMyCode": false
        }
    ]
}

Expected Behavior

View list of process running on remote machine

Actual Behavior

Fails with this error:

Executing: ssh user@ip "sh -s" < "c:\Users\<user-name>\.vscode\extensions\ms-dotnettools.csharp-2.90.60-win32-x64\scripts\remoteProcessPickerScript"
stderr: 'sh' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Extension version: 2.90.60
VS Code version: Code 1.104.0 (f220831ea2d946c0dcb0f3eaa480eb435a2c1260, 2025-09-10T06:46:18.035Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100
Modes:

Logs

C# log

2025-09-11 23:50:39.299 [info] Locating .NET runtime version 9.0.1
2025-09-11 23:50:41.035 [info] Dotnet path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\dotnet.exe
2025-09-11 23:50:41.035 [info] Activating C# + C# Dev Kit...
2025-09-11 23:50:42.061 [info] [stdout] info: Program[0]
      Server started with process ID 12240

2025-09-11 23:50:46.342 [info] [stdout] {"pipeName":"\\\\.\\pipe\\8cb87b59"}

2025-09-11 23:50:46.342 [info] received named pipe information from server
2025-09-11 23:50:46.343 [info] client has connected to server
2025-09-11 23:50:47.288 [info] [Info  - 11:50:47 PM] [Program] Language server initialized

C# LSP Trace Logs log

Environment Information

VSCode version: 1.104.0
C# Extension: 2.90.60
Using OmniSharp: false

Dotnet Information .NET SDK: Version: 9.0.304 Commit: f12f5f689e Workload version: 9.0.300-manifests.610a1858 MSBuild version: 17.14.16+5d8159c5f

Runtime Environment:
OS Name: Windows
OS Version: 10.0.26100
OS Platform: Windows
RID: win-x64
Base Path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\9.0.304\

.NET workloads installed:
[aspire]
Installation Source: VS 17.14.36414.22
Manifest Version: 8.2.2/8.0.100
Manifest Path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk-manifests\8.0.100\microsoft.net.sdk.aspire\8.2.2\WorkloadManifest.json
Install Type: Msi

[wasm-tools-net6]
Installation Source: VS 17.14.36414.22
Manifest Version: 9.0.8/9.0.100
Manifest Path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk-manifests\9.0.100\microsoft.net.workload.mono.toolchain.net6\9.0.8\WorkloadManifest.json
Install Type: Msi

[wasm-tools-net7]
Installation Source: VS 17.14.36414.22
Manifest Version: 9.0.8/9.0.100
Manifest Path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk-manifests\9.0.100\microsoft.net.workload.mono.toolchain.net7\9.0.8\WorkloadManifest.json
Install Type: Msi

[wasm-tools-net8]
Installation Source: VS 17.14.36414.22
Manifest Version: 9.0.8/9.0.100
Manifest Path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk-manifests\9.0.100\microsoft.net.workload.mono.toolchain.net8\9.0.8\WorkloadManifest.json
Install Type: Msi

[wasm-tools]
Installation Source: VS 17.14.36414.22
Manifest Version: 9.0.8/9.0.100
Manifest Path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk-manifests\9.0.100\microsoft.net.workload.mono.toolchain.current\9.0.8\WorkloadManifest.json
Install Type: Msi

Configured to use loose manifests when installing new manifests.

Host:
Version: 9.0.8
Architecture: x64
Commit: aae90fa090

.NET SDKs installed:
8.0.411 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]
9.0.304 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

.NET runtimes installed:
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 8.0.17 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 8.0.19 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 9.0.8 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 6.0.36 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 8.0.17 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 8.0.19 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 8.0.20 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.NETCore.App 9.0.8 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 6.0.36 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 8.0.17 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 8.0.19 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 8.0.20 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]
Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App 9.0.8 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App]

Other architectures found:
x86 [C:\Program Files (x86)\dotnet]
registered at [HKLM\SOFTWARE\dotnet\Setup\InstalledVersions\x86\InstallLocation]

Environment variables:
Not set

global.json file:
Not found

Learn more:
https://aka.ms/dotnet/info

Download .NET:
https://aka.ms/dotnet/download

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copilot-chat GitHub 0.31.0 github.copilot-chat-0.31.0
cpptools ms-vscode 1.26.5 ms-vscode.cpptools-1.26.5-win32-x64
csdevkit ms-dotnettools 1.50.51 ms-dotnettools.csdevkit-1.50.51-win32-x64
csharp ms-dotnettools 2.90.60 ms-dotnettools.csharp-2.90.60-win32-x64
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C# Settings
Setting Value
preferCSharpExtension false
compilerDiagnosticScope openFiles
analyzerDiagnosticScope openFiles
enableXamlTools true
useServerGC true
System Info
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CPUs AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core Processor (16 x 2445)
GPU Status 2d_canvas: unavailable_software
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: disabled_software
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opengl: disabled_off
rasterization: disabled_software
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Load (avg) undefined
Memory (System) 63.95GB (48.06GB free)
Process Argv . --crash-reporter-id 3bcbf69d-0306-4595-a469-60aa5925e2ac
Screen Reader no
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