[Python] pip error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip._vendor.pygments.styles._mapping'

Any pip command I enter returns this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
File "C:\Users\Uporabnik\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.13_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python313\site-packages\pip\__main__.py", line 22, in <module>
from pip._internal.cli.main import main as _main
File "C:\Users\Uporabnik\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.13_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python313\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\main.py", line 10, in <module>
from pip._internal.cli.autocompletion import autocomplete
File "C:\Users\Uporabnik\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.13_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python313\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\autocompletion.py", line 9, in <module>
from pip._internal.cli.main_parser import create_main_parser
File "C:\Users\Uporabnik\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.13_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python313\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\main_parser.py", line 8, in <module>
from pip._internal.build_env import get_runnable_pip
File "C:\Users\Uporabnik\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.13_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python313\site-packages\pip\_internal\build_env.py", line 16, in <module>
from pip._internal.cli.spinners import open_spinner
File "C:\Users\Uporabnik\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.13_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python313\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\spinners.py", line 9, in <module>
from pip._internal.utils.logging import get_indentation
File "C:\Users\Uporabnik\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.13_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python313\site-packages\pip\_internal\utils\logging.py", line 22, in <module>
from pip._vendor.rich.logging import RichHandler
File "C:\Users\Uporabnik\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.13_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python313\site-packages\pip\_vendor\rich\logging.py", line 15, in <module>
from .traceback import Traceback
File "C:\Users\Uporabnik\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.13_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python313\site-packages\pip\_vendor\rich\traceback.py", line 44, in <module>
from .syntax import Syntax, SyntaxPosition
File "C:\Users\Uporabnik\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.13_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python313\site-packages\pip\_vendor\rich\syntax.py", line 24, in <module>
from pip._vendor.pygments.styles import get_style_by_name
File "C:\Users\Uporabnik\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.13_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python313\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pygments\styles\__init__.py", line 13, in <module>
from pip._vendor.pygments.styles._mapping import STYLES
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip._vendor.pygments.styles._mapping'


I tried to install a module (pystray), it said it got downloaded successfully, but it didn't get recognised in VSCode. Then I installed it in a venv in VSCode and it still didn't work. And after that it says this with every pip command

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