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Copilot cannot launch from WSL after upgrading to 1.0.64 from PowerShell #3901

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Describe the bug

I use GitHub Copilot in both Windows (from PowerShell) and WSL.

This morning I updated the Windows installation to 1.0.64. The Windows version is working fine after the update.

However, the WSL installation cannot launch. The error message is

$ copilot
Failed to load package index: /home/shengjiema/.cache/copilot/pkg/linux-x64/1.0.64-1/index.js SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token
    at compileSourceTextModule (node:internal/modules/esm/utils:318:16)
    at ModuleLoader.moduleStrategy (node:internal/modules/esm/translators:90:18)
    at #translate (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:435:20)
    at afterLoad (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:491:29)
    at ModuleLoader.loadAndTranslate (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:496:12)
    at #getOrCreateModuleJobAfterResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:549:36)
    at afterResolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:597:52)
    at ModuleLoader.getOrCreateModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:603:12)
    at node:internal/modules/esm/loader:622:32
    at TracingChannel.tracePromise (node:diagnostics_channel:362:14)

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copilot --version does not work in WSL, but the Windows installation says GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.64.

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    area:installationInstalling, updating, versioning, PATH setup, and binary distributionarea:platform-windowsWindows-specific: PowerShell, cmd, Git Bash, WSL, Windows Terminal

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