Resetting PC & Visual Studio Code - Need Help!

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around troubleshooting issues with Visual Studio Code (VS Code) after resetting a PC. Participants explore potential reasons for VS Code not recognizing the Python executable and suggest various approaches to resolve the problem.

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  • Technical explanation, Debate/contested, Experimental/applied

Main Points Raised

  • One participant reports that resetting the PC and reinstalling VS Code did not resolve their issue.
  • Another participant suggests checking if Python is installed in the expected location for VS Code and recommends reinstalling Python and the VS Code Python plugin to ensure proper synchronization.
  • A different participant indicates that a different approach may be necessary if a Python virtual environment is being used.
  • A later reply echoes the earlier suggestion about checking the Python installation and mentions that reinstalling Python resolved the issue for them.

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Participants present multiple approaches to the problem, and while some solutions are repeated, there is no consensus on a single definitive method to resolve the issue.

Contextual Notes

Some assumptions about the installation paths and configurations of Python and VS Code are not explicitly stated, which may affect the applicability of the suggestions.

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In visual studio code in windows 10, when I try to select the interpreter it flashes and I can't click on it. Can someone help? For a good description look at the imgur link which contains the video. Thanks.


I tried resetting the PC and reinstalling visual studio code and that does nothing.
Any advice would be helpful.
 
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It seems that VS Code Editor can't find your python executable. Check if it’s installed where VS Code thinks it’s installed.

You may have to reinstall python and then reinstall the VSCode python plugin to resync things.
 
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I think you need to do this a different way if you are using a Python virtual environment.
 
jedishrfu said:
It seems that VS Code Editor can't find your python executable. Check if it’s installed where VS Code thinks it’s installed.

You may have to reinstall python and then reinstall the VSCode python plugin to resync things.
I re-downloaded python and it seemed to work.
 
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