It's quite possible you have a version mismatch. Try installing python 3.8 first.
BtW, before the would you like to check what version python command reports. Sorry for top post. I am sending from my phone and bottom post pretty confusing here. On Mon, Aug 3, 2020, 00:56 Eryk Sun <eryk...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 8/1/20, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > > On 2020-08-01 21:58, Barry wrote: > >> On 31-7-2020 22:10, Tanmay Shah wrote: > >>> > >>> After downloading Python 3.8.5 IDLE, an error message popped up, > >>> saying the code execution cannot proceed because python38.dll was > >>> not found. What should I do in order to use the Python interpreter? > >> > >> I have never had to reboot windows when installing python. > >> Was I lucky? > > > > No. I've never had a problem with it either. > > I don't know what "[a]fter downloading Python 3.8.5 IDLE" means to the > OP. For a successful installation of Python 3.8 using an "executable" > or "web-based" installer from python.org [1], the file "python38.dll" > will be installed in the same directory as python.exe and will thus > always be found. > > [1] https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-385 > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
