Failed to Install PlatformIO v2.3.0 on VS Code v1.54.3

[leandroleobh]

When trying to install the extension on Windows 10, the following error occurs:

Has anyone solved this?

Error: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\leand\.platformio\.cache\tmp\.piocore-installer-2lc81crs\tmpmmpi36v_\pioinstaller.zip\pioinstaller\python.py", line 170, in find_compatible_pythons
  File "C:\Users\leand\.platformio\python3\lib\subprocess.py", line 424, in check_output
    return run(*popenargs, stdout=PIPE, timeout=timeout, check=True,
  File "C:\Users\leand\.platformio\python3\lib\subprocess.py", line 528, in run
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['C:\\Users\\leand\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps\\python3.exe', 'C:\\Users\\leand\\.platformio\\.cache\\tmp\\get-platformio-1.0.0.py', '--no-shutdo...

[maxgerhardt]

@leandroleobh

'C:\\Users\\leand\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps\\python3.exe'

Microsoft’s fake python3.exe, which just opens a window to their app store, is interefering here.

See topics

• Invalid path to Python Interpreter - #5 by maxgerhardt
• I can't install platfomio in the last version 2.3.0 - #8 by pedroluisbacelar
• Windows store python 3.9 not detected · Issue #569 · platformio/platformio-core-installer · GitHub

[leandroleobh]

It worked!! The problem really was with the fake version of Windows python. I followed the steps of the links sent and everything is working now. Thank you very much!