Pyxel 'not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file [etc.]' error when trying to run any pyxel command in VSCode

[kaireinhold]

I'm new to using Pyxel, and have been trying to get it to work for the past hour or so. I've done the pip install for Pyxel, and have a file with the pyxel module imported and such. I'm trying to follow Testing Coder's tutorial series on YouTube, but not much is explained issue-wise.

Edit: Here's a screenshot of my terminal in VSCode

I don't know why the 'pyxel run pyxel-main' command sent so many times either. I only sent it once. The terminal must have glitched.

[kaireinhold]

After some searching, working out issues using the help of AI, and finding a workaround (the command 'python -m pyxel [pyxel command]') I have been able to get it to work to a point. If anyone knows how to get it to work without the workaround, please let me know - everything I've tried to eliminate the need for the 'python -m' part of the commands has not worked.

[merwok]

This is a generic setup issue, not specific to Pyxel.
I believe you need to do this step: https://realpython.com/python-coding-setup-windows/#changing-the-path-environment-variable (link to a specific section but the whole page is useful to read!
See also: https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html

[EurynomeKeros]

• Check the VSCode terminal settings to ensure the correct Python interpreter environment is selected
• Check that the python interpreter environment is added to the Path system environment variable path\to\Python\PythonXXX\,path\to\Python\PythonXXX\Scripts\
• Check the path\to\Python\PythonXXX\Scripts\ for pyxel execution files like pyxel.exe