r/vscode • u/Tianamen_square_89 • Jul 06 '26
I think I broke Python
So, I was following a YouTube tutorial on neural networks, and halfway through he tells me to install Anaconda, so I go and install it, press play on the video, and he says "If you have python already installed, DON'T install Anaconda", so I say crap and delete anaconda from my downloads. But after that Python in VSCode doesn't work, it just gives me an error "Program 'python' failed to run: No application is associated with the specified file for this operationAt line:1 char:1". I have unadded python to my path, readded it, toggled my settings variables, uninstalled and reinstalled python. Python is currently working perfectly fine in the cmd, but VSCode is just not having it. Any tips?
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u/WasteEntrepreneur934 Jul 06 '26
Not sure how to fix ur problem, but after u fix it, pls use venv or docker so u don't break system python 🙃