From 9cfc97cb02de26305779311c8f03ba9c339dda29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karthik Nadig <kanadig@microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:33:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix default interpreter  path comparision for windows

---
 src/extension.ts | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 71fbde84..be2a95ba 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { EventNames } from './common/telemetry/constants';
 import { sendManagerSelectionTelemetry } from './common/telemetry/helpers';
 import { sendTelemetryEvent } from './common/telemetry/sender';
 import { createDeferred } from './common/utils/deferred';
+import { normalizePath } from './common/utils/pathUtils';
 import { isWindows } from './common/utils/platformUtils';
 import {
     activeTerminal,
@@ -620,7 +621,7 @@ async function resolveDefaultInterpreter(
             try {
                 const resolved: NativeEnvInfo = await nativeFinder.resolve(defaultInterpreterPath);
                 if (resolved && resolved.executable) {
-                    if (resolved.executable === defaultInterpreterPath) {
+                    if (normalizePath(resolved.executable) === normalizePath(defaultInterpreterPath)) {
                         // no action required, the path is already correct
                         return;
                     }