The environment variable 'Path' seems to have some paths containing the '"' character

[pdadi74]

Type: Bug

Starting VSCode with Python extension enabled causes following pop up

The environment variable 'Path' seems to have some paths containing the '"' character. The existence of such a character is known to have caused the Python extension to not load. If the extension fails to load please modify your paths to remove this '"' character.

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Steps to reproduce:

1. Install Python extension and restart VSCode. Python extension is inserting those characters

Diagnostic data

Output for Python in the Output panel (View→Output, change the drop-down the upper-right of the Output panel to Python)

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Behaviour

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Steps to reproduce:

1. XXX

Diagnostic data

Output for Python in the Output panel (View→Output, change the drop-down the upper-right of the Output panel to Python)

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Extension version: 2024.20.0
VS Code version: Code 1.95.3 (f1a4fb101478ce6ec82fe9627c43efbf9e98c813, 2024-11-13T14:50:04.152Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631
Modes:

• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.12.4
• Type of virtual environment used (e.g. conda, venv, virtualenv, etc.): Global
• Value of the python.languageServer setting: Default

User Settings

languageServer: "Pylance"

Installed Extensions

Extension Name	Extension Id	Version
GitHub Copilot	GitHub.copilot	1.245.0
GitHub Copilot Chat	GitHub.copilot-chat	0.22.4
GitHub Theme	GitHub.github-vscode-theme	6.3.5
JavaScript Debugger	ms-vscode.js-debug	1.95.3
JavaScript Debugger Companion Extension	ms-vscode.js-debug-companion	1.1.3
Jupyter	ms-toolsai.jupyter	2024.10.0
Jupyter Cell Tags	ms-toolsai.vscode-jupyter-cell-tags	0.1.9
Jupyter Keymap	ms-toolsai.jupyter-keymap	1.1.2
Jupyter Notebook Renderers	ms-toolsai.jupyter-renderers	1.0.21
Jupyter Slide Show	ms-toolsai.vscode-jupyter-slideshow	0.1.6
Pylance	ms-python.vscode-pylance	2024.11.2
Python	ms-python.python	2024.20.0
Python Debugger	ms-python.debugpy	2024.12.0
Rainbow CSV	mechatroner.rainbow-csv	3.12.0
Table Visualizer for JavaScript Profiles	ms-vscode.vscode-js-profile-table	1.0.10
WSL	ms-vscode-remote.remote-wsl	0.88.5

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8-Core Processor (16 x 4500)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	31.19GB (19.40GB free)
Process Argv
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

[karthiknadig]

@pdadi74 This is just a warning. If you are able to run and use Python extension then there is nothing more to do. But, if you are having issues, then If you share your PATH environment variable, I can suggest what might be wrong with it.