VS Code with Python in Anaconda - weird environment name

Hi all,

When I tried to run Python with visual studio code (using Anaconda3), I got the following weird message:

Could not find conda environment: Anaconda3

I don’t think that’s because my path to Python is: C:\Users\shwang\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\pythonw.exe and it took the folder name as environment name? Using the base environment seems to be a very common thing (when you just want to put something together and try fast).

On my other computer, this works fine and it shows on the bottom left of the screen “Python 3.6.6 64-bit (‘Continuum’:virtualenv)”. On the computer that doesn’t work, it says “Python 3.6.6 64-bit (‘Anaconda3’: conda)”. I am not sure whether this matters or not.

Any thoughts?

Best, Shawn

[yw5aj]

Thank you so much @DonJayamanne for suggesting that! After I did conda env list as you suggested, I found a weird empty-named environment. In the Anaconda Navigator, it shows its name as “Anaconda3”.

I removed that environment and then my entire Anaconda seems to be messed up… So I reinstalled the distribution and everything works great! Thank you so much for you help. Sorry for using much of your time - I truly appreciate it.

Below is the result of conda env list:

C:\Users\shwang>conda env list
# conda environments:
#
                         C:\Users\shwang\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3
base                  *  C:\Users\shwang\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3

PS: one guess of why this could have happened - in my Control Panel I have to entries of Python 3.6 (Anaconda). Maybe I accidentally installed it twice and then forgot.

(Apologies for not having the result from conda info --json: I pasted it in here and accidentally closed the browser. When I realized that, my Anaconda has already been uninstalled so I cannot find this information anymore.)

[DonJayamanne]

Please could you type the following into your terminal window and let me know what you get:

• conda info --json
• conda env list
• Please could you download the below file (rename the extension to .vsix)
• Uninstall your existing Python Extension
• Install this new python extension (using the command Extensions: Install from VSIX)
• Try it out (could be a little slow the first time, so please be patient)

python-2018.10.0-alpha.vsix.zip