Problem creating an archive

[trojantrojan]

Hi everyone, first of all, sorry if my english is quite poor.

I'm new into programming and python, and today, I found my first newbie problem that I can't solve, even after I googled it a lot.


I'm trying to create a text file that doesn´t exist in the working directory, with this:

file = open('file.txt', 'w')

Or with this one:

file = open('file.txt', 'w+')

In every case I get the same error:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'file.txt'


I understood that, if I use that code, the program will open the file, and if it doesn't exists, it will create it.
I've tried a lot of things, like reinstalling VS Code, Python, checked the paths, checked the directory permissions, but nothing works, and I can't find the solution.

Thank you in advance!