VSCode 'Run Python file' does nothing - python

Today I've encountered a very strange problem in Microsoft Visual Studio Code 2022. When I press the 'play' button to run my python code, nothing happens. This is true also with debugging.
There is no activity in either the built-in cmd or powershell terminals, but through these terminals I can run my code.
I have been using VSCode to write and execute Python code for months now with no issues - as recently as 10 hours ago! I have changed no settings or updated anything and I am at a loss.
I've checked the VSCode Python plugin and last update was 3 weeks ago, so unlikely that, but rolled it back anyway with no luck. I have also made sure my default terminal is cmd prompt, tried reloading and opening a new terminal, restarting PC, all to no avail.
Please help!

You can try the following:
use the shortcuts F5
install and use the code-runner extension
reinstall vscode

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Reboot PC
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Reinstall VSCode
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Install Linux instead of Windows
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Python Extension is not working in vscode bc of & command

I installed python then configured it for vscode by following docs of vscode, but they said I have to right-click on the editor after seeing a run Python in terminal. And I have to click on it.
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D:\Program\Applications\C++>& D:/Compilers-Interpreters/Python38-32/python.exe d:/Program/Applications/C++/app.py
& was unexpected at this time.
D:\Program\Applications\C++>
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This is a problem with VSCode, On the VSCode insiders it has been solved. You can wait for the next stable release of VSCode.
You can take this as a workaround for now:
Take adventage of terminal.integrated.shell.windows instead of terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.windows for now.
You can refer to here for more details.
It seems that for some reason & is being added to the beginning of your command, which makes the command invalid.
Upon testing, I actually am running into the same issue, suggesting it could be an issue with VS Code and Python. I would recommend using the debugger to run your program, which still seems to work. Just press F5 and select Python File: Debug the currently active Python file. Another way to do this is to define the launch.json configuration to automatically launch upon pressing F5.

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If I run PowerShell in VSCode and do the same thing, nothing happens when I click the up arrow where I would expect my previous command to be cycled.
Is this a problem with my Python or VSCode? I've been looking for a solution for this but haven't found many useful topics on this.
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It seems that the spyder has removed python console, but I got a program can only be run by python console, what can I do? or is there any thing I am wrong?
I got some codes from github, and it needs ADB driver for Android, after I installed ADB, I can run the program in cmd using python wechat_jump_auto.py, but cannot run in spyder with ipython.
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Just came across the same problem as you recently.
In fact, it seems that program using ADB tools just cannot run in Spyder even by python console (my Spyder IDE is equipped with both Ipython console and Python console).
One practical way to solve this problem is to run your code in cmd.
Open your cmd window and do something like this:
python "xxx(path)\xxxx.py(file name)"
In my case, it looks like this:
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Hit Enter, and hopefully your code will run successfully.
If it still cannot run, maybe you haven't set your environment variables correctly.
Hope this can solve your problem. Good luck :)

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