On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 10:19 AM, Theo Hamilton <theohamil...@gmail.com> wrote: > Whenever I run python (3.5), I get the following message: > > Fatal Python error: Py_initialize: unable to load the file system codec > ImportError: No module named 'encodings' > > Current thread 0x00002168 (most recent call first):
The interpreter can't find the standard library, which is a symptom of having PYTHONHOME set to some other directory: C:\>set PYTHONHOME=C:\ C:\>py -3.5 Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: unable to load the file system codec ImportError: No module named 'encodings' Current thread 0x00000940 (most recent call first): Generally this environment variable is unnecessary for normal use and shouldn't be set permanently. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list