将 Python 3.7 添加到 Pycharm

Question

I'm trying to add another version to my PYcharm editor (currently running python 3.8) and for some reason i can't do that, although i think i'm not doing anything wrong. Here's my steps.

 Settings -> Project Interpreter -> Settings -> Add -> System Interpreter -> Base Interpreter -> ...

another variation that i tried without success:

Settings -> Project Interpreter -> Settings -> Add -> Virtualenv Environment -> Base Interpreter -> ...

Here's the path to python 3.7 file:

 C:\Users\********\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Python 3.7\Python 3.7 (32-bit).lnk

I have renamed it to the following but still didn't work

C:\Users\********\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Python 3.7\Python.exe

For reference here's my python 8 path

C:\Users\********\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\python.exe

different location, but it shouldn't matter.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Answer 1

What you have added is not the exe, it's just the shortcut ( .lnk ) file to the exe. So even though you renamed it, that will not work! What you can do is you can right-click and select Open file location and get the real exe pathname and add it to Pycharm.

Steps with pictures:

1. Get the real Python exe path Right-click on the Python 3.7 shortcut After that, it will show you the real exe path. For example, my Python 3.7 is in VS dir.

2. After that you can do like what you did:

   Settings -> Project Interpreter -> Settings -> Add -> System Interpreter -> Base Interpreter ->... (Sorry but I can't take screenshots for this step. Do what you did and it should be ok.)