diff --git a/src/features/creators/newScriptProject.ts b/src/features/creators/newScriptProject.ts
index cc9c440b..5a62b6cb 100644
--- a/src/features/creators/newScriptProject.ts
+++ b/src/features/creators/newScriptProject.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { commands, l10n, MarkdownString, QuickInputButtons, Uri, window, workspa
 import { PythonProject, PythonProjectCreator, PythonProjectCreatorOptions } from '../../api';
 import { NEW_PROJECT_TEMPLATES_FOLDER } from '../../common/constants';
 import { traceError } from '../../common/logging';
-import { showInputBoxWithButtons } from '../../common/window.apis';
+import { showInputBoxWithButtons, showTextDocument } from '../../common/window.apis';
 import { PythonProjectManager } from '../../internal.api';
 import { isCopilotInstalled, manageCopilotInstructionsFile, replaceInFilesAndNames } from './creationHelpers';
 
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ export class NewScriptProject implements PythonProjectCreator {
                 uri: Uri.file(scriptDestination),
             };
             this.projectManager.add(createdScript);
+
+            await showTextDocument(createdScript.uri);
+
             return createdScript;
         }
         return undefined;
diff --git a/src/features/envCommands.ts b/src/features/envCommands.ts
index 28cfd13f..db756e84 100644
--- a/src/features/envCommands.ts
+++ b/src/features/envCommands.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import {
     pickWorkspaceFolder,
 } from '../common/pickers/managers';
 import { pickProject, pickProjectMany } from '../common/pickers/projects';
-import { activeTextEditor, showErrorMessage, showInformationMessage, showTextDocument } from '../common/window.apis';
+import { activeTextEditor, showErrorMessage, showInformationMessage } from '../common/window.apis';
 import { quoteArgs } from './execution/execUtils';
 import { runAsTask } from './execution/runAsTask';
 import { runInTerminal } from './terminal/runInTerminal';
@@ -450,10 +450,7 @@ export async function addPythonProjectCommand(
     }
 
     try {
-        const result = await creator.create(options);
-        if (result instanceof Uri) {
-            await showTextDocument(result);
-        }
+        await creator.create(options);
     } catch (ex) {
         if (ex === QuickInputButtons.Back) {
             return addPythonProjectCommand(resource, wm, em, pc);