Issue with virtualenv - cannot activate

Question

I created a virtualenv around my project, but when I try to activate it I cannot. It might just be syntax or folder location, but I am stumped right now.

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Answer 1

source is a shell command designed for users running on Linux (or any Posix, but whatever, not Windows).

On Windows, virtualenv creates a batch file, so you should run venv\Scripts\activate instead (per the virtualenv documentation on the activate script).

Edit: The trick here for Windows is not specifying the BAT extension:

PS C:\DEV\aProject\env\Scripts> & .\activate
(env) PS C:\DEV\aProject\env\Scripts>