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Q&A Can't run a Python file in PyCharm: why?

I closed the window containing the PyCharm project and reopened the project: it worked. I have no idea why it didn't work before reopening the PyCharm project. Very strange: I don't see what could ...

posted 2mo ago by Franck Dernoncourt‭

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Franck Dernoncourt‭ · 2025-04-22T19:03:00Z (about 2 months ago)

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I closed the window containing the PyCharm project and reopened the project: it worked. I have no idea why it didn't work before reopening the PyCharm project. Very strange: I don't see what could cause "Run" to disappear from the option in the run/debug config window. It's back now:

![Image_alt_text](https://powerusers.codidact.com/uploads/0nm1v08o853u0sjzy18pdvm7gyp7)

Same code, same python interpreter, same pycharm project, same everything as far as I know.

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