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Visual Studio Code – Troubles in VSCode terminal because of user folder name

I’m new in this environment and currently learning the basics of Python through YouTube courses. While using VSCode, I always encounter the same problem when I try to use the terminal. The command (like a pip install for ex) won’t run because my users folder name has a space in it.
It shows "C:User<my first name> " is not valid.
Otherwise when I run code with CodeRunner everything works fine.
I’m sorry to not adjoint a screenshot to it it seems I’m not able to.
Is there anyway to fix this?

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  1. 0

    You can run the command using quotes.

    It’d go something like:

    python "C:UsersMy Userfile.py"

    Using quotes should solve your issue. Cheers!

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  2. 0

    People will probably say:

    • Don’t put spaces in your paths to begin with.
    • Try updating VSCode?

    If you’re running the commands in the terminal, put quotes around the path. E.g., python "path/to/spaced file.py".

    Otherwise, if this is a task that you’re running, simply put "" around ${file} in tasks.json.

    Though, I strongly recommend not using spaces, and replacing with something like - or _, or just a capitalisation rule like camelCase or PascalCase.

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    If you have successfully set the environment variables and selected the correct interpreter. Then using the pip command directly in the terminal to install the package will not cause an error.

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    If you cannot avoid using folder names that contain spaces, you can install the package in a terminal using a command in a format similar to the one below.

    just an example

    & "c:/Users/Admin/Desktop/My Name/.venv/Scripts/python.exe" -m pip install numpy

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