how to activate virtualenv in vs code editor when i type source env/bin/activate it does not activate

Question

Note: I have newly installed vs code in window 10

PS C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Kiit Project\django-ecommerce> source env/bin/activate
source : The term 'source' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the 
name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
+ source env/bin/activate
+ ~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (source:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Answer 1

Suppose the name of your virtual environment is env , you can simply go into the directory(I think C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Kiit Project\django-ecommerce in your case) where it is and run env\Scripts\activate . This should do the work.

However, in VScode you might have to edit the settings.json file present in .vscode folder and add the following:

{
    ...
    "python.pythonPath": "C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Kiit Project\django-ecommerce\env\bin\python",
    ...
}

If you are not able to find the settings.json file mentioned above, simply press Ctrl+Shift+P and type python Select Interpreter and press Enter . You will then see a .vscode directory containing your settings.json file.

You can edit this file however you'd like to change the Python interpreter to be used for VScode instance.