Visaul Studio 2026 Install Python

Python Help
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Our IT deopartment is looking for documentation on how to install Python on our IDE Visual Studio 2026. Any insights please. :slight_smile: Peace Shawn

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First download the Python interpreter from:

Then, follow the instructions here:

Note that for installing the Python extension, you can go to View > Extensions and install it.

From the list, select:

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As @onePythonUser says, I think I just installed Python for VSC as an extension. It works fine.

But when you first run every .py file in VSC, you must choose the interpreter that file will use. VSC will ask you for the interpreter.