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VSCode - Change Python version

After installing the latest Python version on my local machine, I noticed that VSCode was still referring to an old(er) version. In this post I'll show how to fix this. Let's dive in!

I installed a new Python version using the official installer: Download Python | Python.org. However when I tried to run a Python program in VSCode, I noticed that an older version was still used when I looked at the output in the terminal:

& C:/Users/bawu/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/python3.9.exe d:/Projects/Test/MarkItDownImages/example.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "d:\Projects\Test\MarkItDownImages\example.py", line 1, in <module>
    from markitdown import MarkItDown
ImportError: cannot import name 'MarkItDown' from 'markitdown' (C:\Users\bawu\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python39\site-packages\markitdown\__init__.py)

To fix it, open the Command Palette in VSCode (CTRL-Shift-p) and search for ‘Python: Select Interpreter’:

Choose a different interpreter that matches with the latest installed version:

 

Try to run your application again. This time a different python version is used:

& C:/Users/accg/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python313/python.exe d:/Projects/Test/MarkItDownImages/example.py

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