title: Visual Studio Code, Conda, and Python Environments (I cannot get it working)
body: <p>I am setting up Visual Studio Code on my pc and am running into difficulties with the python environment I created and Visual Studio Code.</p>
  
  <p>However, when running some test code, I get an import error..</p>
  
  <p>I installed Python 3.7.3 with miniconda to 'C:\Python37', and then created a clone of the base environment named 'sci' and installed some packages (numpy, pandas, matplotlib, scipy, scikit-learn) using cmd. I tested the install in cmd with commands as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>conda activate sci 
  python
  import numpy
  print(numpy.array([1, 2, 3]))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and everything works fine.</p>
  
  <p>I then installed Visual Studio Code (.zip, not with installer) to 'C:\VisualStudioCode', opened a folder for testing and used the 'Python: Select Interpreter' command to specify the sci environment I created above. Now when I run the following code I get an import error message:</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-py prettyprint-override"><code>import numpy
  numpy.array([1, 2, 3])
  
  ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any idea why this is happening? The bottom left of my VS Code window states Python 3.7.3 64-bit ('sci': conda), but when typing <code>conda env list</code> into the VS Code terminal it still points to the base environment, so that might be a clue..</p>
  
  <p>Thank you for any suggestions!</p>