pyqtgraph dll load failed in visual studio code

[pjuangph]

• VSCode Version: 1.43.2
• OS Version: Windows 10

Steps to Reproduce:

1. In Anaconda do a pip install pyqtgraph
2. open visual studio code, change the python environment to anaconda
3. try running the following code

import pyqtgraph as pg
pg.mkQApp()

from PyQt5 import QtGui, QtCore, QtWidgets, uic
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

That code has no issues when running python from Anaconda terminal

I have python extension, that's about it.

[karthiknadig]

@pjuangph This might be that when run in VS Code it is not running in a activated environment. Can you try this?

1. Anaconda prompt and cd to your workspace.
2. Activate the environment using conda activate
3. Start VS Code using code .

related #10626

[pjuangph]

seems like that fixed the problem. not sure why visual studio code can't load the anaconda environment though.

[karrtikr]

The problem lies with anaconda itself, that it fails to activate in chosen VSC terminal. Glad you got it fixed.