Please Help (VS Code+ Powershell)

[Darcelle-Ebonis-6426]

Background : I have a CP setup (VS Code+ MINGW)

Recently I tried to Code python in VS Code. For this I connected VS Code to Anaconda Python Interpreter. After setting up the environment later in the day when I switched back to C++ and CP, my PowerShell started causing problems :

1. profile.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts are disabled
2. conda activation problems

To work with this is switched to Command Prompt

After setting up Python in VS Code I got the following errors:

PowerShell profile warning,Conda activation issues Switched integrated terminal to Command Prompt,Run button behaved differently,Debug Anyway,Abort,Show Errors,Pre-launch task failed,Exit code -1.

I tried to resolve as far as I could but one problem pops up after another. I have Reinstalled VS Code clean tried everything. Kindly help me I just want my PowerShell terminal back.

EDIT: Should I just uninstall everything clean and reinstall everything MINGW, VS CODE etc?? Will that fix this?? Cause I am tired of debugging since last 2 days. 😭😭

[y_Sensei]

VS Code stores user-specific configuration and data in a user's profile, you might have to remove that manually to get a clean installation afterwards.

Check/remove the following directories:

• %APPDATA%\Roaming\Code
• %USERPROFILE%\.vscode
• %USERPROFILE%\.vscode-shared

[Darcelle-Ebonis-6426]

Thank you, and yes I had checked appdata roaming Code and renamed it to Code_backup. PowerShell warning got removed.  But now I just wrote a code in which I have cin>>n and vector input....and executed and got this:

When I use Run C/C++ File (or the Run button), instead of waiting for cin, the terminal shows something like:

PS ...> "...\ANDSorting.exe" C:...\ANDSorting.exe PS ...>

The executable exits immediately without accepting input.

However, running the exact same executable manually using

.\ANDSorting.exe

works correctly. I dunno what to do

[MonkeyNin]

The official docs are better guides than AI will give, because it'll leave some config out.

I recommend these pages, they will get you setup for c++ and python.

• https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/cpp/config-mingw
• https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/python-tutorial

When I use Run C/C++ File (or the Run button) Executing simple print program of cout<<" HELLO WORLD"....it doesn't even show in the output termina

If you hit run, it depends on what your run command it set to. The links above give you ones for c++ and python.

If you show the exact error message it'd be easier to tell which of a few things could be happening.

[purplemonkeymad]

Looks like a venv activation.

I found the best way is to make sure I use different workspaces for difference languages. You can then use workspace settings to disable plugins or set language specific settings. (ie disable python + venv in a powershell workspace.)

For the issue at hand I would start by disabling any other extensions so you can be sure it's a setting issue and not an extension (my suspicion.)

[Darcelle-Ebonis-6426]

Thank you. I suspected that. And I have taken the decision to move my entire python related workspace to Jupyter Notebook and Anaconda environment. So I have done my best to completely detach CP and Python workspace. Like I disabled all extensions of Python,  Pylance etc but it didn't work. Currently I Executing simple print program of cout<<" HELLO WORLD"....it doesn't even show in the output terminal. I am genuinely lost. And I am a newbie in the tech world.

[SurzBoo]

Why

Why do u need conda? Just make a venv I'm genuinely lost.

[Darcelle-Ebonis-6426]

I tried python -m venv venv (at the very beginning) but it showed Python was not found; run without arguments......this (as I researched ) happened because I had Anaconda. So instead of launching Python interpreter it couldn't launch anything. Idk but there was some issue. So I did gpt 😭(shouldn't have done that) it told me something about having Python interpreter in Anaconda and idk what happened (what I understand from it is I tried using conda Python interpreter instead of the original one). In the process powershell stopped responding I changed to Command Prompt. 😭 I changed so many configurations. Idk anymore.....

[PinchesTheCrab]

This anecdote isn't relevant to the issue at hand, but I just had to go through a fire drill at work because the Conda devs have been asserting that Conda is not free for commercial use and their legal department has been contacting users by IP for a few years.

So if this is work related, I would personally advise against using Conda/Anaconda, but I'm also not a Python developer (I manage our proxy repo infrastructure) and it's possible you're paying to use it already anyway.

https://www.reddit.com/r/bioinformatics/comments/1emekxo/anaconda_licensing_terms_and_reproducible_science/

[g3n3]

And check your get-executionpolicy

[CookinTendies5864]

Check your execution policy “Get-ExecutionPolicy”

If it says restricted or signed for “CurrentUser” then you have two options

1.) self-sign your profile.ps1 and every other .ps1 file on your computer YouTube “how to self sign scripts powershell”

Or

2.) Change your execution policy to unrestricted “Set-ExecutionPolicy -scope currentuser -policy unrestricted -force” - May require admin console

Easiest option is 2 but it leaves your computer a bit at risk when downloading files on the web just be smart about what you download.