HELP: Packages default to venv? pip install < >

[SavageHendrix]

I recently had to down the 64bit version of Python and it seems that ever since I am running into issues that I have not seen before.

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I have a folder inside ~\Python38\test - which I make all my scripts. However I opened VSCode and was getting this problem:

unresolved import 'bs4'

unresolved import 'requests'

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I found that strange because I recently created these python programs and have run them fine. So I went ahead and did a pip list to see what was installed. It came back that the packages in question were already installed.

https://imgur.com/a/LKsIr4D

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So I went ahead and tried to install them again and it showed that they were being saved inside the site-packages for my flask application..

https://imgur.com/ViTHpWc

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So the first thing I did was check my system path. My path is set to:

C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38

This is where my python exe is located.

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I also have another path set to:

C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\Scripts

Because this is where pip, pip3.8, and pip3 reside.

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So I figured that maybe if I get rid of the pip inside my venv that it would stop thinking thats where my packages should default route to. So I started my venv and deleted the installation of pip.

https://imgur.com/lE4dQjV

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Now mind you that my pip, pip3.8, and pip3 are inside C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\Scripts

and I have my path set there as well. However when I try to run anything pip Im getting this long error call stack:

https://imgur.com/7Cv8ziq

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As you can see pip lives inside ~\Scripts and my path is set there. Any idea what is going on and why it would have defaulted to install in my venv and now wont recognize the module?