"Select the build task to run" in VSCode keeps popping up

Question

Every time I run the code in VS Code (Python code run with Ctrl-Shift+B), the VS Code keeps asking me to "Select the build task to run" instead of just running the script (as it was previously). I do have only one task defined. How to solve this problem?

Answer 1

You need set the desired task as the default. In the file tasks.json, change the following from:

"group": "build",

to:

"group": {
    "kind": "build",
    "isDefault": true
},