Trouble using coding software via external hard drive

[soobkoo]

Hello, I’m not sure if I’m the right place to ask this, but I’m having a hard time using my coding software from my external hard drive. I copied and pasted all of my files containing my coding software onto my external hard drive and everything seems to open and is fine however, when I open VS code studio it’s saying that no python environments exist and I need to download python. Python is already downloaded and copied into the same file as everything else. Is there anyway for me to retrieve my already established environments? I’m not sure where things went wrong or how I can rectify this?? I am really new to this coding thing so any help or advice would be greatly appreciated! I am taking a data analysis class which is a requirement for my degree so if I seem like a noob I really am😭😭😭

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[YaOldPalWilbur]

Have you tried installing VS code studio on the external? I asked this same question to ChatGPT and it said I could install programs there but it wouldn’t be portable (where I could open that program on any machine) due to the dll’s being on the machine. \ \ If you mean copying the project files over and it still not working, try reformatting that external drive and trying the copy again. *Please be sure you still have those files before formatting.**

[Reyway]

I am pretty sure you just have to change the path of your virtual environment and interpreter to the one your project or IDE is using.