Visual Studio Code not running Python
Question:
I’m using the newest version of Visual Studio Code and Python 3.6 (64 bit) on Windows 10.
I have the "Python" extension installed (the one made by Microsoft).
Every time I try to run a simple program [e.g., print("Hello, World!")] it says that "The command "python" wasn’t spelled correctly or couldn’t be found"! [Done] exited with code=1 in 0.034 seconds
It’s a very simple Hello, World! program that doesn’t really need much. Why is Visual Studio Code not letting me run a Python file?
This is where my Python executable is stored:
C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual StudioSharedPython36_64python.exe
Answers:
Maybe there is problem with your interpreter.
Try this: Ctrl + Shift + P → Python: Select Interpreter → select your path (C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual StudioSharedPython36_64python.exe)
If you have installed Python from an executable file and not from the Windows Store, you can change your terminal setting from internal to external and make cmd as the default terminal in Visual Studio Code.
You can directly edit those setting from settings.json:
"terminal.explorerKind": "external",
"terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows": "Command Prompt"
I’m using the newest version of Visual Studio Code and Python 3.6 (64 bit) on Windows 10.
I have the "Python" extension installed (the one made by Microsoft).
Every time I try to run a simple program [e.g., print("Hello, World!")] it says that "The command "python" wasn’t spelled correctly or couldn’t be found"! [Done] exited with code=1 in 0.034 seconds
It’s a very simple Hello, World! program that doesn’t really need much. Why is Visual Studio Code not letting me run a Python file?
This is where my Python executable is stored:
C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual StudioSharedPython36_64python.exe
Maybe there is problem with your interpreter.
Try this: Ctrl + Shift + P → Python: Select Interpreter → select your path (C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual StudioSharedPython36_64python.exe)
If you have installed Python from an executable file and not from the Windows Store, you can change your terminal setting from internal to external and make cmd as the default terminal in Visual Studio Code.
You can directly edit those setting from settings.json:
"terminal.explorerKind": "external",
"terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows": "Command Prompt"