struggle to upgrade pip on visual studio code

[Richard Damon]

On 4/22/22 6:11 AM, Tola Oj wrote:
> hello, i successfully installed openpyxl but it is saying this about my pip:
>
> WARNING: You are using pip version 22.0.2; however, version 22.0.4 is
> available.You should consider upgrading via the 'C:\Program
> Files\Python310\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.
>
> And then when I try to upgrade using 'C:\Program Files\Python310\python.exe
> -m pip install --upgrade pip command it says this:
>
> C:\Program : The term 'C:\Program' is not recognized as the name of a
>
> cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of
>
> the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and
>
> try again.
> At line:1 char:1
> + C:\Program Files\Python310\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip+
> ~~~~~~~~~~
>      + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Program:String) [], Comma
>
>     ndNotFoundException
>      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
>
> please what do I do?

When a program name/path includes spaces, you need to put the whole name 
in quotes, like

"C:\Program Files\Python310\python.exe" -m pip install --upgrade

Now, if python is on your path (and 3.10 is the first python found), you 
should be able to simpify that to

python -m pip install --upgrade

-- 
Richard Damon