🔒 Hi, I am a beginner and keep getting this error in vsc terminal, pls help | Python | Page 1

fleet saffron Mar 18, 2026, 2:17 PM

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indigo furnace Mar 18, 2026, 2:18 PM

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It's telling you the file app.py doesn't exist in the athar folder.

fleet saffron Mar 18, 2026, 2:18 PM

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yes I am aware but it does

fleet saffron Mar 18, 2026, 2:19 PM

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indigo furnace It's telling you the file `app.py` doesn't exist in the `athar` folder.

isnt it athar user so its the entire desktop no?

indigo furnace Mar 18, 2026, 2:19 PM

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No

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Desktop is a seperate folder

fleet saffron Mar 18, 2026, 2:19 PM

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oh

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alright

indigo furnace Mar 18, 2026, 2:20 PM

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Do cd Desktop

fleet saffron Mar 18, 2026, 2:20 PM

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thanks

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in cmd?

indigo furnace Mar 18, 2026, 2:20 PM

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yes

iron mural Mar 18, 2026, 2:20 PM

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yea

fleet saffron Mar 18, 2026, 2:20 PM

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alright

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thx

iron mural Mar 18, 2026, 2:20 PM

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indigo furnace Do `cd Desktop`

(unless OneDrive is enabled 😭 )

fleet saffron Mar 18, 2026, 2:20 PM

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still same error

fleet saffron Mar 18, 2026, 2:20 PM

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iron mural (unless OneDrive is enabled 😭 )

it is...

iron mural Mar 18, 2026, 2:20 PM

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fleet saffron it is...

right click on your desktop

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Do you have "open in terminal" or cmd or powershell or whatever?

fleet saffron Mar 18, 2026, 2:21 PM

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yes

iron mural Mar 18, 2026, 2:21 PM

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click that
When the terminal pops up, look at where it says you're at

indigo furnace Mar 18, 2026, 2:21 PM

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cd C:\Users\athar\OneDrive\Desktop iirc

fleet saffron Mar 18, 2026, 2:21 PM

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C:\Users\athar\OneDrive\Desktop

iron mural Mar 18, 2026, 2:22 PM

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there you go

fleet saffron Mar 18, 2026, 2:22 PM

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still same error

iron mural Mar 18, 2026, 2:22 PM

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😔

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Where is your file?

indigo furnace Mar 18, 2026, 2:22 PM

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Are you in Desktop in terminal now?

fleet saffron Mar 18, 2026, 2:22 PM

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indigo furnace Are you in Desktop in terminal now?

wdym

fleet saffron Mar 18, 2026, 2:22 PM

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iron mural Where is your file?

in a folder in desktop

indigo furnace Mar 18, 2026, 2:23 PM

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In the terminal did you cd into the onedrive desktop folder?

iron mural Mar 18, 2026, 2:23 PM

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fleet saffron in a folder in desktop

What's the name of the folder?

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Your terminal has to be in the SAME folder as your file

fleet saffron Mar 18, 2026, 2:23 PM

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iron mural What's the name of the folder?

I did that

fleet saffron Mar 18, 2026, 2:23 PM

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iron mural Your terminal has to be in the _SAME_ folder as your file

I did that

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now its giving no response

iron mural Mar 18, 2026, 2:24 PM

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did you add any prints?

fleet saffron Mar 18, 2026, 2:24 PM

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nvm

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it worked

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thank you

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tysm

iron mural Mar 18, 2026, 2:24 PM

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🫡

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#🔒 Hi, I am a beginner and keep getting this error in vsc terminal, pls help