python3 : The term 'python3' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program
Question:
python3 : The term ‘python3’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
Answers:
Make sure you add python to your system path
And try using python not python3
And try to run your code in native command line of windows
Assuming you installed the Python launcher when you installed Python, even without python3 in your PATH, you should be able to launch Python with py -2 (to use the most recent installed Python 2 version) or py -3 (to use the most recent installed Python 3 version), thanks to PEP 397: Python launcher for Windows.
commands with python3 works for macOS/Linux. Use python for windows OS.
I ran into the same problem while creating a virtual environment for my project. Following instructions are quoted from https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/tutorial-django
macOS/Linux
sudo apt-get install python3-venv # If needed
python3 -m venv env
Windows
python -m venv env
Install python library by using "Run as administrator" and then try it again.
Trust me, I faced the same issue and it worked for me. Don’t forget to check the "add python to path" option like in this image.
python3 : The term ‘python3’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
Make sure you add python to your system path
And try using python not python3
And try to run your code in native command line of windows
Assuming you installed the Python launcher when you installed Python, even without python3 in your PATH, you should be able to launch Python with py -2 (to use the most recent installed Python 2 version) or py -3 (to use the most recent installed Python 3 version), thanks to PEP 397: Python launcher for Windows.
commands with python3 works for macOS/Linux. Use python for windows OS.
I ran into the same problem while creating a virtual environment for my project. Following instructions are quoted from https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/tutorial-django
macOS/Linux
sudo apt-get install python3-venv # If needed
python3 -m venv env
Windows
python -m venv env
Install python library by using "Run as administrator" and then try it again.
Trust me, I faced the same issue and it worked for me. Don’t forget to check the "add python to path" option like in this image.
