visual studio code – VSCode: Running cells with ‘.venv (Python 3.13.5)’ requires the ipykernel and pip package

I’m using VSCode version 1.105.0. I want to run some Python code in Jupyter Notebook. To do this, I need to install ipykernel, which I do after activating venv (pip install ipykernel). Next, I execute the first cell in my .ipynb file, and the following is shown in red below the cell:

Running cells with '.venv (Python 3.13.5)' requires the ipykernel package.
Install 'ipykernel' into the Python environment. 
Command: '"c:/[myDirectory]/.venv/Scripts/python.exe" -m pip install ipykernel -U --force-reinstall'

(I’ve edited the path to the directory and abbreviated it as \[myDirectory\] for readability here.)
Additionally, a pop-up message appears:

Running cells with '.venv (Python 3.13.5)' requires the ipykernel and pip package.

When i want to run the command suggested in the message, nothing seems to be happening (no output on the terminal suggesting that ipykernel is indeed being reinstalled). See below:

(.venv) PS C:/[myDirectory]/.venv/Scripts/python.exe" -m pip install ipykernel -U --force-reinstall
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Additionally, when i go into ./venv/Lib/site-packages I can see both pip and ipykernel there.

Deleting the venv, recreating it and reactivating leads to the same output as described above.

I’d be very thankful for any help.