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Run python in external terminal in VS Code

I have just installed and set up python in VS Code. I am using code-runner extension to run it but it runs in integrated terminal. I want it to run in external terminal. I know I have to place a statement in code-runner.executorMap because I did so for C and Cpp.
Although there is another solution to open external terminal and run the code there manually but I want to set up this thing with code-runner because it compiles and executes the code simply with ctrl + alt + N.🙂
I looked for solution on google. I found a few but they were not working.

VS code of " cd ~~~~~message" while running python code

Displaying of this message whenever I run a code slows down the system.
Why am I getting this message and how can I get rid of this message?
In the terminal window, it says
PS E:\python\codes>
e:; cd 'e:\python\codes'; & 'C:\Program Files\Python39\python.exe' 'c:\Users\yaho2\.vscode\extensions\ms-python.python-2021.3.680753044\pythonFiles\lib\python\debugpy\launcher' '63060' '--' 'e:\python\codes\NadoCoding\test.py'

This path information is useful, it shows us the commands executed when VS Code runs python code. "cd" is to go to the parent folder of the executed python file. The called python executable program "python.exe", the debugger "debugpy" for debugging, and the executed python script.
You could use the green operation button provided by the "Python" extension, it will show less paths and therefore less running time.
In addition, you could also try to use VS Code related extensions, such as "Code Runner".

Visual Studio Code Python Terminal more cleaner?

When I run python code in VSC I get this nonsense that I dont need, Is there a way to remove it? The PS C:\Users.. thing

This information in the VS Code terminal is useful information. When we click the run button, it executes the run command in "Terminal", showing us the path of the python used and the path of the executed file, which avoids the confusion of multiple versions of python.
If you want to omit the displayed paths, you could click F5 to debug the file:
(Please use "console": "internalConsole", in launch.json.)
Or use the VS Code extension such as "Code Runner".

Have you tried adding python to system path?
Are you trying to run code like this?
python main.py
This link has the process for adding python to system variable.
https://datatofish.com/add-python-to-windows-path/

How to run a few selected lines of code in vscode?

How do I execute run Shift + Enter only the selection of highlighted lines of code in vscode?
Edit: Maybe I should be clearer.
when hitting Shift + Enter the following error :
Unable to initialize device PRN
but when I right click > run python file in terminal the code works.

Select one or more lines, then press Shift+Enter or right-click and
select Run Selection/Line in Python Terminal. This command is
convenient for testing just a part of a file.
That is what is on the VS Code documentation for Python and is what works for me. It is Shift + Enter not Ctrl
Note that this needs the Python 3 extension to be installed.

You can just select the lines and then right click > Run Selection/Line in Python Terminal.

Visual Studio Code supports working with Jupyter Notebooks natively, as well as through Python code files
read this article for any
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/jupyter-support

You could use the jupyter extension, then run cells together rather than whole files
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/jupyter-support

In VS Code, can one run Python code in an integrated Python terminal like in Spyder?

Currently, in Visual Studio Code (under Windows 10 64bits), at a Python file called path\myfile.py, if one clicks with mouse right-button for context menu and then chooses 'Run Python File in Terminal', an integrated CMD terminal is open and file is automatically run there with:
python.exe path\myfile.py
After the file stops running, one is naturally left at the integrated CMD cursor.
This behavior is quite different, for instance, from what one has with an IDE like Spyder. There, when you run code (e.g. with F5), at the end one is left still at the Python cursor and can access content of variables created when code was run.
Is there a way to achieve a similar behavior in Visual Studio Code?

You can configure VS Code Python extension to use the -i command line option
Described in https://docs.python.org/3/using/cmdline.html#cmdoption-i
You only have to add the setting bellow (inside settings.json file)
"python.terminal.launchArgs": ["-i"],
This will execute the command python.exe -i path\myfile.py.
I don't know if it is a new feature, but I've been using it for while.
If you would like to use the terminal IPython, like in Spyder, you can use a different set of options, as the following:
"python.terminal.launchArgs": ["-m","IPython","-i"],
With these, VS Code will execute the command python.exe -m IPython -i path\myfile.py.
Then, it will run IPython module as a "script" (with -m option), which will use the options -i path\myfile.py, i.e., IPython will run the file and remain opened.
BTW, another thing is: you can run "cells" in Spyder's integrarted terminal (regions of code with #%%). But in VS Code it seems you can't.
I've made a question with a "work around" to run cells of Python files in VS Code Integrated terminal, which is posted Here

Yes. Open a terminal window and it's like a terminal window on your computer. You can type python filepathandname and the python script will execute like it does from the command line.

The closest you can come is to run the code under the debugger and set a breakpoint at the end to pause the exiting of the execution. Otherwise feel free to file a feature request at https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python.