🔒 error preventing pandas/numpy from working | Python | Page 1

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 7:56 PM

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ImportError: Unable to import required dependencies:
numpy:

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honest anchor ImportError: Unable to import required dependencies: numpy:

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honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 7:56 PM

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ImportError: Unable to import required dependencies:
numpy:

IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THIS FOR ADVICE ON HOW TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE!

Importing the numpy C-extensions failed. This error can happen for
many reasons, often due to issues with your setup or how NumPy was
installed.
The following compiled module files exist, but seem incompatible
with with either python 'cpython-313' or the platform 'win32':

_multiarray_umath.cp313-win_amd64.lib
_multiarray_umath.cp313-win_amd64.pyd

We have compiled some common reasons and troubleshooting tips at:

https://numpy.org/devdocs/user/troubleshooting-importerror.html

Please note and check the following:

The Python version is: Python 3.13 from "C:\python\python3.13t.exe"
The NumPy version is: "2.4.0"

and make sure that they are the versions you expect.

Please carefully study the information and documentation linked above.
This is unlikely to be a NumPy issue but will be caused by a bad install
or environment on your machine.

Original error was: No module named 'numpy._core._multiarray_umath'

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I think the problem has somethign to do with it looking for a win32 platform and only finding win_amd64

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but I dont' know enough about PATH/how these things actually work to know for sure

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What I've done so far:

uninstalled/reinstalled pandas & numpy
double checked previously working code
checked python verions/path (I think its set up correctly?)

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:03 PM

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have you actually installed numpy into your python environment?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:04 PM

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using pip install?

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or is there a different way?

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(I've used packages pretty regularly in the past and I've never had do to anything past pip install)

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:04 PM

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pip should work

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:05 PM

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I think I just checked the version I'm using

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:05 PM

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have you verified that the python environment you are using to run the code is the same one that you installed numpy into?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:05 PM

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no, how would I do that?

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I know PATH exists, but thats the extent of my knowledge

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:06 PM

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well you just verified that the python that runs from your terminal has numpy installed

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what is the actual stack trace you get?

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Are you running the code from the terminal as well or from within Pycharm?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:07 PM

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the picture I shared is the only output

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:07 PM

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hoary timber Are you running the code from the terminal as well or from within Pycharm?

just from within VScode

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:07 PM

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what happens if you run it from the terminal?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:08 PM

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good question

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I tried the python3 command and it opened a microsoft store page to download python?

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hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:10 PM

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what if you run python --version from the cmd line?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:10 PM

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3.13.7

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:11 PM

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python usually gets mapped for you as an alias to python3 so you don't normally have to use python3

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so just type python <name of python file>

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:12 PM

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no such file or directory

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:12 PM

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also, your working dir should be the project root. If the file is nested you need to give the relative path from that root

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:12 PM

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ls didn't pull up the files in the directory?

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or is that bash and not command prompt?

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:13 PM

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well it looks like you're in a simple windows terminal

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:14 PM

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thats why I'm asking if ls is not a command that works

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:14 PM

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send me a screenshot of your project files and how they are organized, make sure to expand nested folders from the project root to the .py file you are trying to run

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:14 PM

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(I've taken an intro class to understanding how computers actually work and all of my other knowledge is self taught how to use python)

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:15 PM

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I don't use windows so I'm not really familiar with the windows terminal commands. I think it's pwd or just dir maybe to see the current directory. Maybe list or lst for listing files? I'm just guessing though

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:15 PM

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hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:16 PM

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What's the panel to the left that's cut off?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:16 PM

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just where I am in the PC

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:16 PM

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Aren't you running it from inside VSCode?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:17 PM

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yes

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I'm runnign the code from vs code

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I'm sending you screenshots of my file explorer

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:17 PM

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What is the project root, and what is the structure from that root to the file you are trying to run?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:17 PM

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PycharmProjects is the root

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:17 PM

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show me the screenshot from VSCode

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:18 PM

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I tried moving the gitrepo to PythonProject and got an error

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hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:18 PM

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getting warmer

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keep going until the file you are trying to run is also shown

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You're using VSCode with a PyCharm project?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:19 PM

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honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:19 PM

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hoary timber You're using VSCode with a PyCharm project?

I downloaded pycharm to try it out and decided I preferred VScode

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also tried this .py file

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:22 PM

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Is the whole app in just one .py file?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:22 PM

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and I've run deed_import.py in the past an not had any problems

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yup

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imports the xlsx above and returns the column names I think?

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:23 PM

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And we're looking at a panel from VSCode right?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:23 PM

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yes

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:23 PM

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ok so from the terminal navigate to that d602... directory then type python <file name>

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:25 PM

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it ran

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it just imports a file and returns a df.head()

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:26 PM

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so that means numpy is correctly installed in this python env. Are you sure you're using the same environment in VSCode?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:26 PM

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I thought I was

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I selected the root as the folder I'm working in

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:28 PM

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VSCode has some settings where for your project it's using a particular version of Python. Can you verify that this version is the same version your terminal is using? In the terminal type where python

worldly orchid Dec 23, 2025, 8:28 PM

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honest anchor I think the problem has somethign to do with it looking for a win32 platform and...

The error means that for some reason you're using 32-bit python here. Have you checked your python version?
Maybe the vsc you have is 32-bit and therefore can't properly run python?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:29 PM

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honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:29 PM

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honest anchor 3.13.7

@worldly orchid

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:29 PM

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honest anchor

Did that get cut off? What's the next line?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:30 PM

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there isn't one

worldly orchid Dec 23, 2025, 8:30 PM

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honest anchor <@124812862567743488>

That's python version, not whether it was built to be 64bit or 32bit

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:30 PM

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hoary timber Did that get cut off? What's the next line?

doesn't print anythin

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:30 PM

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That's not the issue. The code runs fine from the windows terminal and doesn't from inside VSCode

worldly orchid Dec 23, 2025, 8:31 PM

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Open python itself (just python command), preferably in vsc, and please paste all build info.

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:31 PM

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honest anchor doesn't print anythin

What's under the line. On the next line I see the top of some text

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:31 PM

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Python 3.13.7 (tags/v3.13.7:bcee1c3, Aug 14 2025, 14:15:11) [MSC v.1944 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
Ctrl click to launch VS Code Native REPL

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:31 PM

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hoary timber What's under the line. On the next line I see the top of some text

worldly orchid Dec 23, 2025, 8:32 PM

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honest anchor Python 3.13.7 (tags/v3.13.7:bcee1c3, Aug 14 2025, 14:15:11) [MSC v.1944 64 bit (...

"64bit (...) on win32"

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There's something weird going on here

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Please check whether vsc itself is 32bit or 64bit.
My guess is that somewhere in menu there should be info/version info - please find it and click it

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:33 PM

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It's just a VSCode config issue

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python and his app run fine from the terminal.

worldly orchid Dec 23, 2025, 8:33 PM

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hoary timber It's just a VSCode config issue

If vsc is 32bit,thats not "config issue", but wrong install file

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For vsc itself

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32bit program cannot run a 64bit subprocess

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That's what I've been sayijf since I joined this thread. "Maybe the vsc you have is 32-bit and therefore can't properly run python?"

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:35 PM

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worldly orchid Please check whether vsc itself is 32bit or 64bit. My guess is that somewhere i...

would this be in a settings file or something along those lines?

worldly orchid Dec 23, 2025, 8:36 PM

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No. Likely last menu on the list, last or close to last entry - from what I remember about windows' apps

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No file, just literally menus on top

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:36 PM

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worldly orchid Dec 23, 2025, 8:37 PM

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This is file properties

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Not menu in the app

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Open vsc

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:37 PM

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Are you using powershell? Can you also try typing where.exe python at the terminal?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:37 PM

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honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:37 PM

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hoary timber Are you using powershell? Can you also try typing ```where.exe python``` at the ...

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I am using the powershell terminal inside vsc

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:38 PM

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Ok so when you run python ... from the cmd line, this is the python version it is using. Now you need to find in VSCode which python environment IT uses when running code from VSCode

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:40 PM

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worldly orchid This is file properties

Would the Details tab tell you the architecture it was built for? Or Compatibility?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:41 PM

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I think this is right?

worldly orchid Dec 23, 2025, 8:45 PM

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honest anchor

See it shows two pythons.
Pip is for the c:\python one, not the windows apps one

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:46 PM

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where is the second python?

worldly orchid Dec 23, 2025, 8:46 PM

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honest anchor

As for the pyvenv.cfg - You're checking venv config but your venv is not activated in the console

worldly orchid Dec 23, 2025, 8:46 PM

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honest anchor where is the second python?

Literally two paths listed as result of where

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:47 PM

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So how do I fix it?

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:48 PM

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honest anchor

I don't know what his cfg file is for so I don't know if it's the SOAT (source of all truth) for VSCode's python version

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On the left panel in VSCode there's a python icon at the botto of the icons. CLick on it

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When I do this I see the python version VSCode is using, and I can open that and see all the installed libraries

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:52 PM

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I'm not seeing a python icon

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:53 PM

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hoary timber When I do this I see the python version VSCode is using, and I can open that and...

do you mean the python version in the extention folder?

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:53 PM

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Bottom Left?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:53 PM

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interesting I'venever seen that

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:54 PM

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Do you see the other icons?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:54 PM

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hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:54 PM

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can you right-click below the last icon? Does the popup menu have a "Python" checkmark?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:55 PM

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can't snip it, but no it doesn not

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:57 PM

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Snip? When I right click underneath I get :

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:58 PM

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I don't get taht

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:58 PM

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I.e., click the right mouse button?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 8:59 PM

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for some reason I can't take a pic, but I don't have the python option, but do have everything else I mean

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hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 8:59 PM

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Ok. Let's try something else. Do you have a "Terminal" menu?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:00 PM

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Yes

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do you mean the terminal on the bottom pane of vsc?

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 9:04 PM

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Yes I see it and I also see you already ran pip install numpy there. But it seems to have installed it in the same environment as used by the Terminal which I don't think is the environment used by this VSCode project. Which folder is the actual VSCode project root? You have multiple folders in the browser. Is everything for this one project inside the d602-deployment.... folder? Or do you have files in PythonProject you also need?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:05 PM

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d602-deployment just got cloned from gitlab. it was supposed to go to PythonProject/WGU

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 9:05 PM

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To simplify everything we should create a new VSCode project and the project root should just be that d602-deployment folder and nothing else. You are sharing folders with multiple IDEs and that is confusing for debugging

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:06 PM

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makes sense

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 9:06 PM

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Can you create a new VSCode project and when it asks for the project root just select your d602... folder. And if it is asking about setting up a python env show the the screen shot before you select anything

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:08 PM

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so re-clone my gitlab folder here?

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 9:09 PM

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It's been a while since I used VSCode but I think you want Generate New Workspace and then I think you'll have a choice to create a new folder on disk or select an existing one.

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:11 PM

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that just opens up their AI

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I could generate an empty folder on my desktop and go from there?

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 9:13 PM

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What comes up when you click Generate New Workspace?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:14 PM

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the right panel "build with agent"

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 9:14 PM

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Try clicking create project

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and paste screenshot

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:15 PM

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hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 9:16 PM

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that's what happens with Create Project?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:16 PM

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yup

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 9:16 PM

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omg they gotta AI everything now???? Sigh. How about typing "create new project with existing folder?"

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:16 PM

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I know right

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 9:16 PM

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Oh mention python

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:17 PM

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this?

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 9:17 PM

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create new python project with exiting folder using an existing python environment

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I can't believe I'm about to say this.... but "back in my day we didn't need no fancy "AI". We just clicked "create new workspace" and it was fine."

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:18 PM

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hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 9:21 PM

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Ok, what we really should do is create a new virtual enviroment but for numpy lots of apps use it so it's fine. You want to tell it to use C:\python for the envrionment and the full path to your d602-.... folder for the existing folder

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:23 PM

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hoary timber Ok, what we *really* should do is create a new virtual enviroment but for numpy ...

Use C:\python for the environment and C:\Users\Donnobius Maximus\PycharmProjects\d602-deployment-task-2 for the workspace file

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this?

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 9:24 PM

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looks good

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oh wait

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how about you create a folder under Donnobious Maximus\VSCodeProjects and copy the other folder there so you can keep the two IDEs separate?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:28 PM

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thats a much better idea

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should I restart the ai nonsense or can I just manually do it?

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 9:30 PM

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Just create the folder and copy the d602 folder over and continue with the prompt

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:34 PM

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I get that AI is flashy but this just feels like it is just making more problems to solve

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do I use the VSCode_projects folder as the new workspace?

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 9:40 PM

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Copy the d02 folder in it and use that as the workspace for this project.Every new VSCode project should have its own workspace

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And you will keep all your VSCode workspaces under this VSCode_projects folder

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:43 PM

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Perfect

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 9:45 PM

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so you want to select the VSCode_projects\d602... folder as the workspace folder

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:46 PM

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I did, and the bot failed 🤣

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 9:50 PM

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OMG

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:50 PM

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yup

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I tried again and got a failure message

What failed

Automatic environment selection: configure_python_environment couldn't find or select python.

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It did make a few files

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also thank you so much for spending your time helping me with this problem. I would have been completely lost without your help.

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 9:55 PM

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Ok, close all VSCode windows, go to File-> Open Folder and navigate to the d602 folder and choose that

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Ok did it create the workspace?

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Where's the source code files?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:57 PM

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honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 9:58 PM

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hoary timber Ok, close all VSCode windows, go to File-> Open Folder and navigate to the d602 ...

here we are

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testing the .py file now

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it gave me a popup to create a virtual environment but it went away before I could click it

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 10:00 PM

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I was hoping to control what env it is using for this workspace.

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 10:01 PM

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isn't that waht a .venv does?

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or do I have that wrong?

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 10:04 PM

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where is the venv? In .vscode?

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It you go to Terminal now and type "which python" what does it say?

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Or does it still use the windows command shell for terminal in VSCode?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 10:06 PM

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honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 10:06 PM

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hoary timber where is the venv? In .vscode?

as far as I'm aware there isn't a venv

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I got a popup to create one but it disappeared

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 10:07 PM

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ok so type where.exe python

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oh you did

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 10:07 PM

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yup

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and it didn't return anythin

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 10:07 PM

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oh it's "where.exe" python

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not python.exe

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 10:07 PM

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oooh

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its still finding the c\python\python

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PS C:\Users\Donnobius Maximus\VSCode_projects\d602-deployment-task-2> where.exe
python
C:\python\python.exe

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 10:08 PM

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is it showning 2 though?

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or just 1?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 10:09 PM

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hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 10:09 PM

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ok so have you tried running the file from VSCode?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 10:09 PM

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yes

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 10:09 PM

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and what happened?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 10:10 PM

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figured out that error at least!

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i'm getting a different error, but its probably becuase the file path has changed

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 10:11 PM

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so it didn't complain about numpy?

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 10:11 PM

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no it did not

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it ran!

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 10:11 PM

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progress!

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 10:11 PM

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we are at the same point as running it in the terminal!

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 10:12 PM

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So that's what the issue was. You installed numpy in the "main" python env under \python, but VSCode was using a venv to run your code and that one didn't have numpy installed

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 10:12 PM

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oooh

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 10:13 PM

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so now this new project is using the main env to run the code from VSCode and all is good

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 10:14 PM

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looks like it!

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is there anythign I should change now in order to be following best practices?

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 10:17 PM

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just create a new subfolder under VSCode_projects for each new project. And I think an easier way of creating a new workspace is to close all windows in VSCode, go to File -> Open Folder, choose the new project folder, then choose File -> Save Workspace As and save it into the same folder.

honest anchor Dec 23, 2025, 10:39 PM

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Thank you again!

hoary timber Dec 23, 2025, 10:50 PM

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You're welcome

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