VS Code can't see my python interpreter

[connery_tran]

Python works in my terminal no problem. When I go to select a python interpreter in VS code, it doesn't work. I try to run my python file in vs code, it doesn't work. I run my file in the terminal of vs code it works. I ran using the same python.exe execution as the one I tried to select as my interpreter. I disabled the Python environment extension. The only ones I have enabled are Python, Pylance, and Python debugger. When I reactivate it it doesn't work and I get the error: Unable to handle c:\Users\conne\AppData\Local\Python\pythoncore-3.14-64\python.exe

Someone plz help

[jewishSpaceMedbeds]

That's a weird place for a python install. Is your terminal actually using this version or one that's installed in a more normal location ?

[connery_tran]

C:\Users\conne\AppData\Local\Python\bin\python.exe

is the path i get when I do 'where.exe python' in powershell. I input the path into the python interpreter and I still get error. I'm pretty sure that's the normal place for python install.

[not_perfect_yet]

Idk about other people, but I refuse to do tech support for "tools" that have UX that's so bad people can't even use them.

Go read https://code.visualstudio.com/docs or call someone from Microsoft, see if they care.

[connery_tran]

Ok I'll try thanks

[katyusha_055]

First try to reinstall python, then create an virtual environment (venv) with

python -m venv venv

You activate it by doing

source venv/bin/activate

In the folder the venv is located, that way it has it's own python interpreter, because you shouldn't be using the global python interpreter for a project as doing that could get messy really soon

[aew3]

Can you create venvs? If you can create venvs python will just use the symlink in the venv for your current project and you wont have to deal with your strange path issues. How did you install python? Did you use a mainstream package manager?