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I am running a script that reads information from Windows event log files (evtx). I am using the excellent library from Willi Ballenthin https://github.com/williballenthin/python-evtx

however, having installed python-evtx, and then imported it into the script as

import Evtx.Evtx as evtx

Pycharm still complaints it can not find it. I can run the same script from Command or PowerShell, but not from within Pycharm. I would like to run it from the Pycharm IDE in order to use the IDE features like debugger, watches, and breakpoints.

Python / Pycharm newbie, running Pycharm on a VMWare Windows 10 virtual image, with Python 3.9.3. Any guidance is appreciated and received with gratitude.

bad_coder
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Mubbasher Khanzada
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Welcome! To run your script:

  1. I would recommend setting up a virtual environment which you can point the IDE towards in order to help find your installed packages (it helps to keep projects organized & dependency versions under control).

    Current & available interpreters (the executable binary python) can be found in the menu on the bottom right of the IDE window, or in settings>Project: (name)>Python Interpreter.

  2. In order to execute or debug programs from within PyCharm, you have to set up a "Run configuration" for your script/project (these can be found in a drop down menu on the top right).

I hope the docs I linked help you get started, but let me know if you need any further clarification!

Sparrow1029
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