in Windows 10, How to configure Visual Studio Code to find the Python 3 interpreter?

Question

In Windows 10, How Visual Studio Code should be configured to find the Python 3 interpreter?

Visual Studio Code is not able to find the Python 3 interpreter.

I have added the Python extension, the Python extension at https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=donjayamanne.python.

How settings.js should be changed to use Python?

Even if python.pythonPath in settings.js is changed to be led to python.exe, which is at "C:\Users<User>\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\p‌ython.exe", if I select Python: Select Workspace Interpreter in the command palette, I get the message Please open a workspace to select the Python Interpreter. Why is this happening?

Answer 1

macOS

VSCode -> Preferences -> Settings -> scroll down to Python Configuration.

Click the pencil on the left of the configuration you'd like to use and click Copy Settings.

"python.pythonPath": "python3.6"

Answer 2

Go to File/Preferences/Settings and find Python Configuration. This is where you manually change the configurations.

You can also select your interpreter from command palette. The following instructions are from DonJayamanne's Github.

Select the command Python: Select Workspace Interpreter from the command palette

Upon selecting the above command a list of discovered interpreters will be displayed in a quick pick list

Selecting an interpreter from this list will update the settings.json file automatically.

Answer 3

In the current directory where you open you VS Code, go to .vscode/settings.json and modify this line in the json file:

 {
    "python.pythonPath": "path_to_your_python_bin", 
    # e.g., /home/myname/venv/bin/python3.7 or to a .exe file if you are on Windows
 }