I was working on a python project in JetBrains PyCharm 2016.2 on Lubuntu and all of a sudden, all my project files have disappeared from the IDE.
I have tried the following with no success:
Exit PyCharm, navigate to project root, delete the .idea file, open PyCharm, create a new project from the current projects source.
Result: seems to load fine, but cannot see any project files in either "Project" view or individually load and view any files.
Fresh download and run of PyCharm, repeating the above step.
Result: Same as option 1.
Using File > Open to open the project again.
Result: Same as option 1.
I can do a search by file or class name within PyCharm and the search does find the files. But on selecting one to load from the search results, the search dialogue just closes and the file is not loaded.
Also to clarify, I still have the files on disk in the project root physically. But PyCharm is not displaying them in the IDE.
I had the issue with PyCharm 2020.3.5 on macOS Big Sur 11.1.
My solution was:
Preference -> Project: <ProjectName> -> Project structure
Click + Add Content Root at the right pane and select my project directory in a file browser
Try this:
Go to File -> Open recent you should see a list of your recent projects there. If you still don't see it there then just reopen the project by going to File -> Open and go to the location where you saved your project.
Ok so I have found the issue, which turned out to be indirect in the end. I just installed the latest updates for Lubuntu, restarted the PC, then opened PyCharm and like magic all my project files are now visible!
I know it was not just the restart because I had already tried that. So it must have been one or more of the updates. I'm not going to list all the updates here, there were a lot, but this solved my issue anyway.
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Today after an update to PyCharm 2021.2.2 I found that some projects in my workspace were messed up, for example I see this:
Instead of this, that I was seeing before PyCharm update:
Is there any way to fix this?
(Answering my own question so as to save time for users facing the same issue.)
EDIT: found a more stable and faster solution.
In PyCharm > Settings > Project Structure, select the project and remove the useless "Content Roots" at the right on the screen.
Old solution for reference:
Close PyCharm.
Open the faulty project's <root>/.idea/<project>.iml and remove all XML entries that refer to content outside the project:
Save the file and reopen PyCharm. The project displays normally again.
For me helped following:
Close PyCharm
(Optional) I've also removed the project from my "Recent Projects List"
Remove .idea folder from project root
Open the project and wait for indexing process
I have a PyCharm project on my Windows, where I am able to run most .py files by pressing Ctrl + Shift + F10 (or running the debugger). In one of the files however I get the error
Error running 'test':
Cannot run program "\opt\anaconda\bin\python" (in directory "..."): CreateProcess error=2, the system cannot find the file specified.`
The test.py file right now only contains print('hello')
I can do this for the other files, and using 'Execute selection in console' also works fine. Given I am on a Windows machine the "\opt\anaconda\bin\python" part looks suspicious, but I don't know how to fix it.
Any help?
Copying the content to another file (e.g. test_2.py) 'fixes' the problem, but since this is a collaborative project this isn't viable.
I think your case is cause by some project environment has changed.
I suggest your open the workspace.xml which located in .idea\, check the parameters in it.
or you can delete the directory ".idea" and re-create the project locate in the original path.
Hope it work
I had the same problem in PyCharm IDE and Windows after adding new libraries and some changes.
I recreated Run/Debug Configurations with these steps (Instead of recreating the whole of project!):
Select Edit Configurations... from top panel in PyCharm IDE
Select these files and press delete for deleting them
Recreate these files likes this images:
Click green arrow or press Ctrl + Shift + F10
This is what I had to do:
Check the .idea/workspace.xml for any old venv references (there are several tags like "SDK_HOME" which store the path to the venv) and update as necessary
Check the .idea/RunConfigurations for any run configs and update them (or delete and recreate as you like)
when I installed the pycharm I had the same issue. for this, you really need to understand the concept of the virtual environment. this error comes because you run the file in another directory in which you do not create any virtual environment.
let's say you create a virtual environment in any folder located at the desktop now you run the files in any other folder located in /user/AppData/any_folder then it will show the error that the system can't find the file specified.
So be sure you run in a file in the same folder in which you created a virtual environment.
I had the same problem after downloading a project from Github. It ended up being a configuration problem.
Creating a new project on Pycharm, pasting the code in it, and using your own configuration should solve the problem.
Recently, I'm unable to use relative paths in my code while using PyCharm. For instance, a simple open('test.txt', 'r') will not work - whereupon I am sure the file exists in the same level as the running py file. PyCharm will return this error.
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
After reading answers online on StackOverflow, I have tried multiple options including:
Changing test.txt to ./test.txt
Closing project, deleting the .idea folder, open the folder with code.
Reinstalling as well as installing the latest version of PyCharm.
Invalidating caches and restarting.
None of these options have worked for me. Is there someway I can tell PyCharm to refresh the current working directory (or even to see where it thinks the current working directory is)?
Edit: I should note that running the script in a terminal window will work. This appears to be a problem with PyCharm and not the script.
Change:
Run > Edit Configurations > Working directory,
which sets the working directory for a specific project. (This is on a Mac)
I have Pycharm 4.5, so things might have changed a bit.
Try going to Settings > Project > Project Structure
On this dialog, click your folder that has the source code in it, and then click the blue folder in the menu to note it as "source" folder. I believe this fixes a lot of the path issues in Pycharm
Here is the link to "content roots": https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/help/content-root.html
Current version 2019.2 somehow ignores "source root" from the "project structure". Here's how to actually enforce it:
Run -> Edit Configurations -> Python -> "Edit Templates" -> fill out "Working Directory"
__file__ refers to file path. So you can use the following to refer file in the same directory:
import os
dirpath = os.path.dirname(__file__)
filepath = os.path.join(dirpath, 'test.txt')
open(filepath, 'r')
In PyCharm, click on "run/edit configurations..."
Then find your script file in the "Python" dropdown menu. Check the "Working Directory" entry and change it if necessary.
EXACT ANSWER TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE ,,
GO TO EDIT CONFIGURATION (just LEFT side of GREEN CODE RUNNER ICON)
click on python (not any specific python script) ONLY SELECT PYTHON
then below right side click on [edit configuration templetes]
select current working dir by going into those blocks
It will change the CWD of all python file that exists in project folder..
then all file will understand the RELATIVE PATH that starts from your actual project name..
i hope this will resolve all your issue related path.
Sometimes it is different. I solved my problem by clicking "Run" at the Pycharm's toolbar and then "Edit Configurations..." and I change my Interpreter to another actual one. Just changing it in the settings does not help, but this opperation already does ;)
I too had the same issue few minutes ago...but,with the latest version of PyCharm it is resolved by simply using the relative path of that file..
For instance, a simple f = open('test', 'r') will work.
A little clarification for mac users. In mac, what #andere said above is correct for setting working directory. However, if your code is in a different folder, say working_dir/src/ (like classic java/scala file structure) in that case you still need to set your Sources Root. In mac's PyCharm this can be done by right clicking on the src/ folder > Mark Directory as > Sources Root. Helped me with lot of similar import issues. Hope this helps someone.
I am having this extremely weird issue with restoring a pycharm project in pycharm 5 on windows. Originally all I wanted to do is make it so the project does not appear at the start selection, but ultimately that command has translated into something else.
So far I have checked my recycle bin and used recuva but it's no where to be found. Is there some type of default in the pycharm that disables this behavior and if it possible to get my projects back?
If you've cleared your recent projects you'll need to locate the folder where you saved your project.
Pycharm stores the individual project config files in a .idea directory in the project root, then further files for the general app config in Windows are stored in;
<User home>\.PyCharmXX\config that contains user-specific settings.
<User home>\.PyCharmXX\system that stores PyCharm data caches.
To open your project again, you'll need to point Pycharm's 'open project' dialog to the directory containing the .idea folder, so if you can't remember where you saved the project, I'd suggest running a search for .idea, remembering that it will likely be a hidden folder.
See the docs on the application data
Experienced Programmer, but new to Python. Using OsGeoLive and PyDev on Eclipse.
A few weeks ago I started a new project in PyDev (my first one). I set the project aside and am only now coming back to it. But when I open Eclipse, I do not see any way to open the project I started. There is no Recent Projects on the File Menu, File > Import does not seem to be what I need. The Project menu has an Open Project item, but it is deactivated. When I open the project's .xml file from Eclipse, it opens it as an editable XML file.
How do I open an existing PyDev project, or alternately, how do I trouble shoot PyDev losing track of the directory structure?
Locate the Package Explorer window and see if there any project folders in there. You also have the option to see "Working Sets", which are convenient to create projects distributed through several folders. Just to make sure, check out if you see something like this (You can display Projects with the prompted submenu):
If you don't see anything there, perhaps your project folder is missing an init.py file, in order to be recognized as a package, which is a general Python standard.
Sorry if this doesn't help much, I cannot leave comments yet.