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devang_281999
devang_281999

Reputation: 65

Why am I not able to activate virtual environment in VS Code?

When I run venv\Scripts\activate in cmd, I am able to use venv but in VS Code I can not use venv and I get this error:

PS F:\Python\Python-Inoventaa\Python Flask\FlaskProject\FlaskBlogProject> venv\Scripts\activate
venv\Scripts\activate : 
File F:\Python\Python-Inoventaa\Python Flask\FlaskProject\FlaskBlogProject\venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on 
this system. For more information, see about_Execution_Policies at https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170.
At line:1 char:1
+ venv\Scripts\activate
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : SecurityError: (:) [], PSSecurityException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess

Upvotes: 3

Views: 15940

Answers (6)

Edi Sugiarto
Edi Sugiarto

Reputation: 71

As mentioned in the previous answer, it is due to execution policy of PowerShell terminal in VSCode.

To bypass the execution policy while using VSCode, you may add a modified PowerShell profile and set it as default profile in the JSON settings:

"terminal.integrated.profiles.windows": {
    "PowerShell venv": { 
        "source": "PowerShell", 
        "icon": "terminal-powershell", 
        "args": ["-ExecutionPolicy", "Bypass"] }},
"terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows": "PowerShell venv",

or you may also choose to modify the default PowerShell, mentioned by @John:

"terminal.integrated.profiles.windows": {
    "PowerShell": { 
        "source": "PowerShell", 
        "icon": "terminal-powershell", 
        "args": ["-ExecutionPolicy", "Bypass"] }},
"terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows": "PowerShell",

Upvotes: 2

Vartika Bhardwaj
Vartika Bhardwaj

Reputation: 1

Changing to cmd instead of powershell will definitely work in vs code

Upvotes: 0

ALFAFA
ALFAFA

Reputation: 648

You can use this script on VS Code's terminal:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope Process

for more detail you can visit official VS Code website about Python programming at https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/python-tutorial

Upvotes: 3

Laxmi Talawar
Laxmi Talawar

Reputation: 19

Try this: On the terminal of vs-code at the right side selected cmd instead of power shell.

Upvotes: 0

davtoh
davtoh

Reputation: 21

You can solve it by adding this configuration to your settings.json file suggested from this issue

By going to your settings.json (on windows):

%APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json

or

C:\Users\<your user>\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\settings.json

and adding this line in the configuration (use comma at the end if there are more config lines):

{
"terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": ["-ExecutionPolicy", "Bypass"]
}

and it should be solved once you open another Terminal.

Upvotes: 2

Straight Coding
Straight Coding

Reputation: 396

Try this: On the terminal of vs-code at the right side selected cmd instead of power shell.

see the image: https://i.sstatic.net/QxRPS.png

Upvotes: 13

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