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Getting started with Python in VS Code suggestions #20383

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I was trying out the getting started experience on my new Windows machine and wanted to share a couple of feature suggestions. I only installed VS Code (no Python on my machine, and no extensions on VS Code).

Particularly for the step where VSC leads the user to the Windows store to install Python on their machine, can we consider:

  1. Letting the user know they need to reload VS Code in the "please install Python" message (or else, users still can't execute their code even after installation has finished)
  2. Better managing the interpreter list after the initial Python installation from Windows store. For context, when I installed Python from Windows store (as VSC suggested), I got two entries in the interpreter list / kernel picker which was confusing
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  3. Prompting the Python: Create Environment command when the user tries to run Python code but only has global Python environment (also applying to .ipynb files)

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