Launch GUI configuration tool and monitor from taskbar not working in VSCode (VSC-376)

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• Make sure you have searched for existing bugs and features request before you post an issue.
• This is a bug report for the ESP-IDF Visual Studio Code extension and not an ESP-IDF bug report.
• I’ve read the docs and found no information that could have helped solving the issue.

Describe the bug A clear and concise description of what the bug is (current behavior).

Launching the GUI configuration tool and monitor from taskbar is not working, and reports a Python problem. This is misleading though, as both menuconfig and monitor work from the terminal, meaning all Python requirements are met. This seems to be a problem with the VSCode Extension.

The following Python requirements are not satisfied:

gdbgui>=0.13.2.0

pygdbmi<=0.9.0.2

reedsolo==1.5.3

bitstring>=3.1.6

esp-windows-curses; sys_platform == ‘win32’

To install the missing packages, please run “C:\Users\Stefan\Development\esp-idf\install.bat”

Diagnostic information:

IDF_PYTHON_ENV_PATH: .

Python interpreter used: C:\Users\Stefan\.platformio\penv\Scripts\python.exe

ESP-IDF v4.2-dev-1905-g625bd5eb1

---------------------------ERROR--------------------------

Received signal: null with code: 1 -----------------------END OF ERROR-----------------------

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior (including the full log).

Click on “ESP-IDF Monitor device” or “ESP-IDF Launch GUI configuration tool” in the taskbar, or launch from main menu.

Expected behavior A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.

I’d expect menuconfig and monitor to launch.

Screenshots If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS Name & Version: [e.g. MacOS X 10.14.5] Windows 10 release 2004
• VSCode Version: [e.g. 1.35.1] latest stable
• ESP-IDF Version: [e.g. v3.2.2] latest stable
• Python Version: [e.g. 2.7.10] 2.8.3

Logs If applicable, please share the log file which can be obtained from

• Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.vscode\extensions\espressif.esp-idf-extension-VERSION\esp_idf_vsc_ext.log
• Linux & MacOSX: $HOME/.vscode/extensions/espressif.esp-idf-extension-VERSION/esp_idf_vsc_ext.log

Additional context Add any other context about the problem here.

[Aietes]

Thank you for your help! I changed the Idf: Python Bin Path Win in the VS Code preferences to:

C:\Users\MyUser\.espressif\python_env\idf4.2_py3.8_env\Scripts\python.exe

Problem solved! Thank you for the great work on the extension!

[unkpers]

“idf.pythonBinPath”: “PYTHON_INTERPRETER”