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Right click "Convert a Notebook to Python Script" doesn't work.

See original GitHub issue

Applies To

Notebooks (.ipynb files)
Interactive Window and/or Cell Scripts (.py files with #%% markers)

What happened?

Open a workspace
Right click on an ipynb file
Choose “Convert a Notebook to a Python Script”

Fails. Here’s the log from an attempt I made. Note that my default Python interpreter is not set to PythonCodingPack\python.exe. However, it IS the python that’s found first based on my Windows System Path setting. Guessing that’s where this is coming from.

> ~\AppData\Local\Programs\PythonCodingPack\python.exe -m jupyter nbconvert --version
Info 2021-10-01 11:55:22: Process Execution: > ~\AppData\Local\Programs\PythonCodingPack\python.exe -m jupyter nbconvert --version
> ~\AppData\Local\Programs\PythonCodingPack\python.exe -m jupyter nbconvert --version
Error 2021-10-01 11:55:22: Export failed [Error: Importing notebooks requires Jupyter nbconvert to be installed.
	at g.importFromFile (c:\Users\jimg\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.9.1001286107\out\client\extension.js:52:973776)
	at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)
	at async s.export (c:\Users\jimg\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.9.1001286107\out\client\extension.js:52:923161)
	at async b.exportToFormat (c:\Users\jimg\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.9.1001286107\out\client\extension.js:52:920676)
	at async b.performExport (c:\Users\jimg\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.9.1001286107\out\client\extension.js:52:919861)
	at async b.export (c:\Users\jimg\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.9.1001286107\out\client\extension.js:52:919375)
	at async g.export (c:\Users\jimg\.vscode-insiders\extensions\ms-toolsai.jupyter-2021.9.1001286107\out\client\extension.js:37:290037)
	at async l._executeContributedCommand (c:\Users\jimg\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code Insiders\resources\app\out\vs\workbench\services\extensions\node\extensionHostProcess.js:94:111612)]
Info 2021-10-01 11:55:51: Notebook Closed file:///c%3A/Users/jimg/Repos/covid-19-data-1/SampleNbsAndScripts/test4nb.ipynb

VS Code Version

Version: 1.61.0-insider (user setup) Commit: 4fbe0344a0cedaf2a04edef728c9a3f27777cc6c Date: 2021-09-29T05:38:00.706Z Electron: 13.5.0 Chrome: 91.0.4472.164 Node.js: 14.16.0 V8: 9.1.269.39-electron.0 OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22468