PIP message: Fatal error in launcher: Unable to create process using '"'

[Harriett Xing]

I am getting the message:

Fatal error in launcher: Unable to create process using '"'

for all pip commands.

I tried uninstalling and installing different versions of python, but the pip is still not work, getting the same error message.

Has anyone encountered this? Any ideas? Thanks.

[Harriett Xing]

[Paul Moore]

Have you done any research (google, for example) and tried any of the
suggested solutions on the web?

>From a quick search, I'd suggest:

1. Can you confirm if "python -m pip <whatever command you're trying>"
has the same error?
2. What is the exact path of the pip executable you're running, and if
you go into the Python prompt and do "import pip; print(pip.__file__)"
what is the result?

It sounds like you have some sort of incorrectly set up environment
with your pip executable being somehow inconsistent with your Python
environment.

Please confirm the *precise* versions of Python and pip you're
(currently) using which give the error. Also, please confirm that you
get the same errors if you're in a different (empty) directory -
sometimes what's in the current directory can mess things up.

Paul

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[Paul Moore]

Glad it's working for you. You don't say where your pip.exe command is
located, but I suspect what's happening is that you're picking up a
pip.exe from an old and since uninstalled copy of Python. But at least
you can use pip now which is the main thing :-)

Paul

On 11 January 2018 at 15:46, Harriett Xing <harriett...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the info.
>
> "python -m pip <command>" works.
>
> Python Path:
> C:\Users\harriett.xing-adm\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36
>
> C:\Users\harriett.xing-adm\Documents\Learning\python>python
> Python 3.6.1 (v3.6.1:69c0db5, Mar 21 2017, 18:41:36) [MSC v.1900 64 bit
> (AMD64)] on win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> import pip;
>>>> print(pip.__file__);
> C:\Users\harriett.xing-adm\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\site-packages\pip\__init__.py
>>>>
>
>
> C:\Users\harriett.xing-adm>python --version
> Python 3.6.1
>
> pip <command> is getting the error regardless of which directory I run it.
>
> Thank you for your help.

>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 10:01 AM, Paul Moore <p.f....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Have you done any research (google, for example) and tried any of the
>> suggested solutions on the web?
>>
>> From a quick search, I'd suggest:
>>
>> 1. Can you confirm if "python -m pip <whatever command you're trying>"
>> has the same error?
>> 2. What is the exact path of the pip executable you're running, and if
>> you go into the Python prompt and do "import pip; print(pip.__file__)"
>> what is the result?
>>
>> It sounds like you have some sort of incorrectly set up environment
>> with your pip executable being somehow inconsistent with your Python
>> environment.
>>
>> Please confirm the *precise* versions of Python and pip you're
>> (currently) using which give the error. Also, please confirm that you
>> get the same errors if you're in a different (empty) directory -
>> sometimes what's in the current directory can mess things up.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> On 11 January 2018 at 14:39, Harriett Xing <harriett...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:

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>

[Harriett Xing]

Thanks for the info. I found two copies of pip.exe. One of them was left
from a previous installation.
Removed the extra copy. Now pip is working.

Thank you very much for your help.


On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 10:46 AM, Harriett Xing <harriett...@gmail.com>

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[Harriett Xing]

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