Why two Python versions in default ESP-IDF tools installation

[lafar6502]

After installing ESP-IDF 5.4 via the web installer (Windows), i found the tools has two versions of Python in it. Why?

\idf-tools\python_env\idf5.4_py3.11_env\Scripts
and
\idf-tools\tools\idf-python\3.11.2

The question is related to my later attempt to configure ESP-IDF plugin in VSCode, or failure to do so
it fails on detecting valid Python environment as below
Sorry if it's something obvious, but i havent used ESP-IDF for few years and i'm not up to date with how to fix basic issues. What could be the solution for this?
Thanks!

`"C:\esp\idf-tools\tools\idf-python\3.11.2\python.exe -m pip" is not valid. (ERROR_INVALID_PIP)`

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[lafar6502]

ok python issue resolved with
`C:\esp\idf-tools\tools\idf-python\3.11.2>python -m ensurepip --upgrade