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django-admin.py does nothing when I execute it in visual studio

I'm typing django-admin.py startproject project in my vscode terminal on windows, but when I do it just flashes a screen then closes and the project isn't created. It asked me what to open with and I chose python, but the command doesn't do anything. I'm not getting errors either

I was using django-admin.py instead of django-admin, problem is solved

Also you can create django app by typing folliwing command in terminal
python manage.py startapp HelloWorld
Note- It requires already created project.

Django-admin.py startproject is not being able to be created

whenever i give
django-admin.py startproject
i get a notepad of django-admin. So that means i type in my website inside that ?
i have executed the django-admin.py and django-admin.pyc in cmd also. Still it shows. What should I do ?

You have - for some reason - created a virtual environment inside the actual Python source directory on Windows.
There is nothing wrong with this, except you may face issues when you uninstall or upgrade Python.
To fix your immediate problem, you need to follow these steps:
Close all command prompt windows.
Open a new command prompt.
Type the following and hit ENTER which will activate your virtual environment:
C:\Python27\Scripts\pymote_ven\Scripts\activate.bat
Now, type the following to start your project:
python django-admin.py startproject nameofyourproject
You should also read the documentation because you have confused the directories that are involved.

Django /manage.py runserver doesn't work (Windows)

I have installed python 2.7.10 in windows. I installed django in path c:python27/scripts/with a command pip install django and created project with command django-admin startproject mysite from the same path.
Now to run server i cd to path c:python27/scripts/mysite and ran a command manage.py runserver/ manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 And this has no any effect.
where did i go wrong, and also i couldn't run with python console. and i couldn't redirect to my project from python CMD. all i did is from windows console.
Edit:
Screenshot of execution

First step was to set the environment variable.
windows key + pause or Control Panel\System and Security\System
Advance system settings (this will open system property)
navigate to Advanced tab > Environment variable
Edit path - append ;c:\python27 in variable value field
Restart CMD
then /python manage.py runserver should work

Trying setting up a virtualenv for your project.
This same issue happened to me when trying to launch the test server
python .\manage.py runserver
from PowerShell on Windows 10. According to the Django site, there might be an issue with the type of arguments being passed from PowerShell.
My workaround was to use a virtualenv. Once that was setup with django installed via pip, the runserver command worked.

The best solution is to install Python from Microsoft Store. In this case, you won't have to worry about the Environmental Variables and Path. Windows will detect all that automatically.

Try this fix guys:
1. Right click on the windows icon/start on the bottom left and run Windows Powershell as admin.
2. Than type cd ~/ and later change the path again to the project folder.
3. type python manage.py runserver and press enter.

had the same problem. fixed it by checking python and django version compatibility. If you're still battling with this update one or the other or ensure they're both compatible with each other in the virtual'env' you're setting up.
good luck.

I think you forgot to add python to environment variables. So, During the installation, click the checkbox named "Add Python 3.9 to PATH" to add in environment variables. or you can simply add the path later.

When you open the command prompt on windows, the default directory might be C:\WINDOWS\System32>
Here, you have to change the directory by just adding cd to the default directory. Then copy the directory of where your project is and paste with one space. So it will be:
C:\yourfolder\yourproject>
Next, use the comman which is, python manage.py runserver
That's all 😅

After setting C:\Python in the environment variables, issuing the following command helped:
py manage.py runserver

Django--django-admin.py on windows does not work

I am just starting Django these days but I cannot run this command
django-admin.py startproject myproject
Well, CMD does not prompt to say that this command is not recognized. Instead, it just open up my Sublime with the file django-admin.py open. and of course no folder named myproject is created inside the current folder.
I managed to start a Django project by typing commands like
python C:\Python27\Scripts\django-admin.py startproject myproject
But when I omit the part about the absolute path information of django-admin.py, then the command does not work, saying python cannot find such a file inside the current directory.
is there any way I should try to use shorter commands? (PS: I do have C:\Python27\ and C:\Python27\Scripts\ in the PATH)

The easiest way (recommended by the docs) is to just copy django-admin.py to your project's directory.
Technical details: There are workaround in setuptools to make entry points work correctly on Windows, by installing a .exe file that will run correctly even if Python is not set as the default handler for .py files, but Django is not using setuptools but distutils directly. I am not aware of any discussion about moving to setuptools.
Alternatively you can set python.exe as the default program to open .py files, instead of your text editor.

In the past I have had a similar issue on windows. I found that using django-admin as listed below worked.
django-admin.py startproject myproject

I found that it was easy to copy the file django-admin.py into the folder that I wanted the stuff in. Navigate to the file in the command line and then run.
'python django-admin.py startproject myProject'

I have just started using python3.4 and I found everything (packages like pip and django) in c:\pythonpath\scirpts dir. Added that into system path and everything works good. e.g. django-admin startproject mysite

django-admin.py is not working

Am new to django and i have been trying to set up a project with no success. When i type
django-admin.py startproject mysite i get this.
C:\Users\WASSWA SAM\Documents\django\djcode>django-admin.py startproject mysite
Usage: django-admin.py subcommand [options] [args]
Options:
-v VERBOSITY, --verbosity=VERBOSITY
Verbosity level; 0=minimal output, 1=normal output,
2=all output
etc....
I have added it to my path like so
C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django\bin
And when i import django from interactive mode it works perfectly. What could be the problem. I am using Windows 7 and django 1.3.1. I installed it using setup.py.

I had the same problem; I found a working solution at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/django-users/b76qSG3mV6g/jP1o0ny3i2kJ:
python C:\Python27\Scripts\django-admin.py startproject mysite

This is an error with Python's installation on Windows. If you have the regkey entry
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\py_auto_file\shell\command\open\
change the value from
"C:\Python27\python.exe" "%1"
to
"C:\Python27\python.exe" "%1" %*
(Or your equivalent installation location)
This ensures that command-line arguments are passed onto python, rather than explicitly ignored. This is fixed in the latest install of Python 2.7. %* is argv[]. "%1" is the script's absolute path.

I had the same problem and could not solve it for hours. Create a new project from Pycharm or any other program you are using, install Django and then instead of running
django-admin.py startproject *project_name* .
run
django-admin startproject *project_name* .
Ommiting .py extension worked for me and everything is running as expected now.

I don't think you need to have django\bin in the path.
I think what you need to add to your PATH though is C:\Python26\scripts and then you should be able to run the startproject script.
In my case, I use eclipse and you can start an eclipse project from within the eclipse environment using PyDev.
Go up to File > New > Other > (within the PyDev Folder) > PyDev Django Project. In the wizard it will allow you to setup most of the commonly used features of Django.