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Creek Barbara
Creek Barbara

Reputation: 647

Python/Visual Studio error : The terminal process failed to launch: Path to shell executable does not exist

I just reinstalled windows so I had to reinstall VS code and Python but I can't even run a "hello world" without getting this error:

The terminal process failed to launch: Path to shell executable "C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe;C:\Program Files\Python37" does not exist.

The interpreter used is my Python installation.

This is what I have in my path:

C:\Program Files\Python37;C:\Program Files\Python37\dlls;C:\Program Files\Python37\lib

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I tried adding this C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe; to the beginning of the path but it didn't solve the issue.

What should I do to get rid of that message and start coding again? Thx

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2227

Answers (1)

Steven-MSFT
Steven-MSFT

Reputation: 8431

What's value do you set of "terminal.integrated.shell.windows" configuration in the User settings.json file? The error message shows you set the value of 'C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe;C:\Program Files\Python37'.

Open the Command Palette(Ctrl+Shift+P), type in 'Terminal: Select Default Shell' and select a shell. Or on the Terminal panel select the drop-down list of the shell and click 'Select Default Shell'.

Upvotes: 2

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