If you’re creating a project from existing source:
and
If the existing source directory contains a lot of data/files:
- the Run option (and others, assumably) are disabled until PyCharm is finished indexing the contents in the project. You’ll see a progress bar in the lower-right-hand corner.
You can speed this up by right-clicking on folders and selecting “Mark directory as…” -> “Excluded” if they aren’t to be indexed.