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Charles Seagraves

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May 21, 2020, 12:59:15 PM5/21/20
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Hi,
I have been learning and using Python to create a program to play Mah Jongg
and it was going well until my windows 10 computer started receiving an
update. My computer restarted and Python was gone. I have attempted to
reinstall with a message that the install was successful. When I started to
use it I got the following message.

pythonw.exe - System Error
The code execution cannot proceed because python38.dll was not found.
Reinstalling the program may fix this problem.

I have reinstalled python several times. Repaired it several times but
continue to get the same error.
I uninstalled the bad Windows update but still had the same problem trying
to get python running.

Please help,
Charlie Seagraves

Mike Dewhirst

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May 21, 2020, 7:17:54 PM5/21/20
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That sounds horrible. Have you tried installing Python 3.7 or 3.9?
32bit? 64bit?

Also, I would try doing a custom install to a better location than the
Windows standard place. My favourite is C:\Python36, C:\Python37,
C:\Python38 etc.

All the best

Mike


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> Please help,
> Charlie Seagraves

Souvik Dutta

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May 21, 2020, 8:19:15 PM5/21/20
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Do you have DirectX latest version? It should have solved the problem. If
not already installed then you might try to install it.

On Thu, 21 May, 2020, 10:29 pm Charles Seagraves, <chas...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
> I have been learning and using Python to create a program to play Mah Jongg
> and it was going well until my windows 10 computer started receiving an
> update. My computer restarted and Python was gone. I have attempted to
> reinstall with a message that the install was successful. When I started to
> use it I got the following message.
>
> pythonw.exe - System Error
> The code execution cannot proceed because python38.dll was not found.
> Reinstalling the program may fix this problem.
>
> I have reinstalled python several times. Repaired it several times but
> continue to get the same error.
> I uninstalled the bad Windows update but still had the same problem trying
> to get python running.
>
> Please help,
> Charlie Seagraves
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