'Visual Studio Code cannot recognize Python interpreter

Problem

My VSCode extension Python doesn't recognize the Python interpreter I have installed on the computer. I can use the terminal to run code but when I use Jupyter Notebook, it doesn't recognize it. I have tried many ways like finding questions on SO, searching the document, changing the path, changing the environment variables, reinstalling Python and the extension... But it seems useless. Before I upgraded to version 3.10.4, I still managed to use and the VSCode extension was still recognized. Any idea about my problem? Sorry for my bad English.

Error

Update:

I have reinstalled everything and it remained the same. But I have found an issue that when I typed python --version and python3 --version, it printed two different versions. I have deleted all Python 3.9.11 version folders before.

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Solution 1:^[1]

First, Python version 3.10.4 is not the problem. I just installed and tested it with the the following versions:

Windows: 10.0.19044 x64
Python: 3.10.4 x64 bit
Jupyter Notebook server: v6.4.10
Jupyter Lab: v3.3.2

VS Code Version: v1.65.2 x64 ZIP (portable)
VS Code Python Ext (Microsoft): v2022.2.0
VS Code Jupyter Notebook Ext: v2022.2.1030672458

Second, your problem description is too general for a pinpoint solution so let's do it the hard way:

Completely uninstall Python and VS Code. Use an uninstaller like BCUninstaller (free/Open Source) or HiBit Uninstaller (free) to remove any residual files and registry entries. If you need to keep/reinstall Python packages, create a PIP requirements.txt file before starting the uninstall.

Download fresh copies of Python and VS Code.
Make sure they have the same/right bitness (x86/32-bit or x64/64-bit)

Install Python
PIP install Python packages (Jupyter, etc)
Install VS Code and Python extentions

Start VS Code and test - should work now. If not, then please update your question with specifics about your setup and configuration.

Solution 2:^[2]

It looks like a cache problem, could you try to delete the caches under:

C:\Users\{UserName}\AppData\Roaming\Code\User

Like this:

Empty the globalStorage and workspaceStorage folder.

Solution 3:^[3]

I have solved my problem, I left it for about one month. After updating my VSCode to the latest version 1.67.0, everything goes smoothly again. I changed to the standard install path: C:\Python\Python310\python.exe. Before that, I tried the solution from two guys who answered my question but it didn't work.

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