"No environment providers were found" for new Python project using New Project Wizard

[mayrfb]

Type: Bug

When I try to set up a Python environment in Positron, No 'environment providers' are found using VenV . However, when I use Conda there is no problem. Can someone explain to me why this is happening?

VS Code version: Positron 1.91.0 (cae4905332a0f41a6233e196b48a6679b832000a, 2024-07-31T22:26:02.970Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26120 Modes:

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[sharon-wang]

Hey @mayrfb, thanks for reaching out about this!

From your screenshot, it seems like something went wrong while trying to detect which existing Python installations you have on your machine. The Conda Project Wizard flow doesn't depend on existing python installations on your machine -- an appropriate version of python is downloaded as part of creating a new Conda environment.

Could you please share which versions of Python you have installed on your machine? You can take a screenshot of what shows up via the Command Prompt "Python: Select Interpreter" command.

Here's a short demo on how to do that:

1. Ctrl + Shift + P to open the Command Prompt
2. Type in python.setInterpreter and run the command
3. Screenshot the list of interpreters that appear

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/72a76c31-1ef3-44d9-8b4b-1f33ab54eed9

[mayrfb]

Hi Sharon-Wang, Thank you for getting back to me so quickly. This is the list of interpreters following your instructions.

[sharon-wang]

Thanks for sharing that! I can confirm that it's a bug in the Project Wizard -- we are not including Microsoft Store global python installs in the dropdown, so we'll need to fix that up.

In the meantime, here's a workaround to create a Venv 👇

Make sure you've already opened a folder in Positron, then you can do the following steps:

1. Ctrl + Shift + P to open the Command Prompt
2. Type in python create environment and run the command "Python: Create Environment..."
3. Select the Venv option
4. Select the version of python to use (in your case, you probably want to use the Python 3.11.9 64-bit (Microsoft Store) one!)
5. Click Install in the Install Python package "ipykernel"?dialog

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/902ba10b-f062-49df-8f29-56ea82f1f9b8

[sharon-wang]

QA Notes

MicrosoftStore-installed Python interpreters should now show in the Project Wizard interpreter dropdown.

• PR: https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/pull/5502
• related issue: https://github.com/posit-dev/positron/issues/5341

[jonvanausdeln]

Verified Fixed

Positron Version(s) : 2024.12.0-96 Workbench Version(s): OS Version(s) :

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