Visual Studio Code terminal doesn't activate Conda environment

Question

I read this Stack Overflow post on a similar issue, but the suggestions there don't seem to be working. I installed Visual Studio Code on my Windows machine and added the Python extension. Then I changed the Python path for my project to C:\Users\username\.conda\envs\tom\python.exe. The .vscode/settings.json has this in it:

{
    "python.pythonPath": "C:\\Users\\username\\.conda\\envs\\tom\\python.exe"
}

The status bar in Visual Studio Code also shows:

But when I do conda env list even after doing conda activate tom in the terminal I get the output:

# conda environments:
#
base                  *  C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3
tom                      C:\Users\username\.conda\envs\tom

Instead of:

# conda environments:
#
base                     C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3
tom                   *  C:\Users\username\.conda\envs\tom

Also the packages not installed in base don't get imported when I try python app.py. What should I do?

where python runs, but it doesn't give any output.

Also,

import os
import sys
os.path.dirname(sys.executable)

gives

'C:\\Python38'

Answer 1

I was facing the same issue for a long time and nothing seemed to work. Out of nowhere, VS Code suggested me the following in a notification prompt:

We noticed you're using a conda environment. If you are experiencing issues with this environment in the integrated terminal, we recommend that you let the Python extension change "terminal.integrated.inheritEnv" to false in your user settings.

I clicked yes on it and worked. You can also manually set this in your settings.json as follows:

1. Press Shift + Command + P to open command palette.
2. Type settings.json and select `Preferences: Open Settings (JSON)
3. In the JSON file, add the key-value pair "terminal.integrated.inheritEnv": false
4. Save the JSON file

Answer 2

I was helped by switching the terminal from powershell to cmd

Answer 3

First, open the Anaconda prompt (How to access Anaconda command prompt in Windows 10 (64-bit)), and type:

conda activate tom

To activate your virtual environment.

Then to open Visual Studio Code in this active environment, type

code

And it should work.

Answer 4

1. In Vscode hit ctrl+` to open your terminal.
2. Then within the terminal type: conda init.
3. Close and reopen the terminal.
4. Use Conda normally.