PyCharm "Can't Open Local Terminal" "Failed to start cmd.exe"?

Question

I'm no noobie to PyCharm. But I can't get the Windows 10 cmd.exe to launch from the "Terminal:" tab. I've located & tried both cmd.exe on my Win10 x64 machine:

...but keep getting the same message (see title of this post).

I also have tried running as Administrator w/ the same problem result.

I've also reviewed these posts but still the same problem:

Can't start a python console in pycharm

Can't open local terminal

I'm running Win10 64bit. PyCharm 2018.3 Community Edition, PyCharm 2018.3 (Community Edition) Build #PC-183.4284.139, built on November 20, 2018 JRE: 1.8.0_152-release-1343-b15 amd64 JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o Windows 10 10.0

Answer 1

I faced the same error after a reinstallation of Pycharm. I tried to open an existing project on which file's tree changed. I fixed it by choosing a correct project source directory. ctr + Alt + S -> Project:your_project_name -> Project structure, and choose your source directory location.

In settings click on Tools -> terminal and choose your project root. The shell path is by default provided by the IDE after installation.

Answer 2

Go to File > Settings > Terminal and change shell path from powershell.exe to C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe.

This fixed the issue.