Instructions to setup a VENV and get VSCode/Pylance to use it. This hopefully fixes issues with Pylance complaining about packages not being installed when they actually are.

How to setup Python VENV on Windows with VSCode

1. Create 2 dirs: **virtual_envs** and **pyvers**

2. Download the Python version you want to use.

3.Run the python.exe
**IMPORTANT:** UNCHECK "Add Python to PATH"

4. Click "Customize Installation"

5. Click "Next" unless you want to modify the options. I uncheck "Documentation" but it's up to you

6. Click "Browse" to choose your install dir. This will be the **pyvers** dir you created earlier. **NOTE:** Python automatically adds "Python<ver number>" as the dir for the version you're installing. I change this to "py<ver number>" so for eg: "...pyver\py311".  If you're installing different minor versions, you can add that to the end of the dir name.

7. Open CMD Prompt and follow this pattern, add your path as needed: **<path to pyver>\<py ver>\python -m venv <path to virtual_envs>\<name of project>**. If you're making a project called "my_awesome_project", you would use that for <name of project> 

8. In VSCode, open a CMD Prompt and activate your venv with **<path to venv>\Scripts\activate**

9. Press shift+ctrl+p to open the command pallet

10. In the box, type **"python"** and choose **"Python: Select Interpreter"**

11. In the next box, select **"+ Enter interpreter path..."** and go to **<virtual_envs>\<your_new_env>\Scripts\Python.exe**

That should fix Pylance and make VSCode using the same venv as you;re using in the terminal.