Windows Store install of Python does not show up in status bar

[brettcannon]

While the symlink we find and list in the interpreter list is C:\Users\brcan\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python3.7, the actual executable is C:\\Program Files\\WindowsApps\\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_3.7.1008.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\\python.exe which we don't have access to (triggers an EPERM when trying to query the interpreter for details because we directly execute the latter path and not the former which what we send to the terminal).

[DonJayamanne]

Prescribed solution:

• Modify getExecutablePath in src/client/common/process/pythonProcess.ts as follows:

const pythonPathFromProcExec = this.procService.exec(....)
if (pythonPath.contains('Program Files\\WindowsApps') && this.pythonPath is a fully qualified path {
    // return existing value for pythoNPath
    return this.pythonPath;
}
return pythonPathFromProcExec;

• And make sure not to list the Program Files\WindowsApps option.

[brettcannon]

And make sure not to list the Program Files\WindowsApps option.

[karrtikr]

validated