# Python Section 10-5 Virtual Environments in VSCode: changing "python" in settings.json

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**Category:** Python\
**Created:** [August 6, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/python-section-10-5-virtual-environments-in-vscode-changing-python-in-settings-json/6625 "2021-08-06T20:22:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![jan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@jan](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/jan)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/python-section-10-5-virtual-environments-in-vscode-changing-python-in-settings-json/6625/1 "2021-08-06T20:22:58Z")

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Hi,

I’m currently on the Python course’s 10-5 (Virtual Environments in VSCode), and I am trying to edit “python” in the settings.json. I know that since I am using Windows and Mosh is using Mac, what we need to type will be different. However, I cannot figure out what to write. Could anyone help?

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(this is what I have… the red underline)

Thanks

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**Author:** ![SAM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.codewithmosh.com/sam/32/167_2.png) [@SAM](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/SAM)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/python-section-10-5-virtual-environments-in-vscode-changing-python-in-settings-json/6625/2 "2021-08-07T08:37:27Z")

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The red underline is there because the backslash is a special character in json. You need to write each backslash as `\\`.

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**Author:** ![jan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@jan](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/jan)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/python-section-10-5-virtual-environments-in-vscode-changing-python-in-settings-json/6625/3 "2021-08-08T15:24:55Z")

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Ah I see, thank you.

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**Author:** ![Analoger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.codewithmosh.com/analoger/32/2073_2.png) [@Analoger](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/u/Analoger)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://forum.codewithmosh.com/t/python-section-10-5-virtual-environments-in-vscode-changing-python-in-settings-json/6625/4 "2021-08-14T13:12:32Z")

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I think it also works if you replace the “\” with a “/” it will also work will also work fine.