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 Studio\Shared\Python36_64\python.exe

Answer 1

Maybe there is problem with your interpreter.

Try this: Ctrl + Shift + P → Python: Select Interpreter → select your path (C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\Python36_64\python.exe)

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/environments