VS Code: Python Interpreter can't find my venv

Question

I've been stuck on this for a few days, kindly help me if you can.

I have my venv folder on my root project folder. When I try to set the Python Interpreter, it shows me only the Python installed in my machine and not the one in my root folder.

It was working fine until I formatted my PC and installed windows 10 64 bits. (was running on windows 7 64 bits prior)

Things I have tried:

• Set the path manually via pythonPath and/or venvPath, in both workspace and user settings:

    "python.pythonPath": "F:/Web Dev/Python/Django/project_x_v2/backend/venv/Scripts/python.exe",
    "python.venvPath": "F:/Web Dev/Python/Django/project_x_v2/backend/venv/Scripts/python.exe",

It shows me the correct location in the placeholder but I don't have the option to choose it from the dropdown list:

Any ideas how I can solve this?

Thank you very much.

EDIT:

• In the image it shows "python", but I have corrected it to "python.exe" and it still does not work;
• ~\AppData\... is located in the disk C:\ while my venv is located in the disk F:. I am not sure whether that is relevant though;
• The venv runs fine in the console.

Answer 1

The only solution I found was to delete the venv and recreate it. I followed these steps but I'll provide a brief summary for Windows:

1. Activate your virtualenv. Go to the parent folder where your Virtual Environment is located and run venv\scripts\activate. Keep in mind that the first name "venv" can vary.
2. Create a requirements.txt file. pip freeze requirements.txt
3. deactivate to exit the venv
4. rm venv to delete the venv
5. py -m venv venv to create a new one
6. pip install -r requirements.txt to install the requirements.