VSCode fails to import numpy with ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

OS : Windows 10 Python 3.7.5 (tags/v3.7.5:5c02a39a0b, Oct 15 2019, 01:31:54) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32

Im using vs code, but no conda. and i read some existing issue that same with me but dint work for me.

I have tried reinstall using both pip install numpy and also the package from https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ but both give me the same error.

numpy: (1.17.3+mkl) scipy: (1.3.1)

The ouput from my console:

import numpy Traceback (most recent call last): File “C:\Users\Feng\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python37\site-packages\numpy\core_init_.py”, line 17, in <module> from . import multiarray File “C:\Users\Feng\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python37\site-packages\numpy\core\multiarray.py”, line 14, in <module> from . import overrides File “C:\Users\Feng\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python37\site-packages\numpy\core\overrides.py”, line 7, in <module> from numpy.core._multiarray_umath import ( ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last): File “<stdin>”, line 1, in <module> File “C:\Users\Feng\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python37\site-packages\numpy_init_.py”, line 142, in <module> from . import core File “C:\Users\Feng\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python37\site-packages\numpy\core_init_.py”, line 47, in <module> raise ImportError(msg) ImportError:

IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THIS FOR ADVICE ON HOW TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE!

Importing the numpy c-extensions failed.

• Try uninstalling and reinstalling numpy.

• If you have already done that, then:

  1. Check that you expected to use Python3.7 from “C:\Users\Feng\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_qbz5n2kfra8p0\python.exe”, and that you have no directories in your PATH or PYTHONPATH that can interfere with the Python and numpy version “1.17.3” you’re trying to use.
  2. If (1) looks fine, you can open a new issue at https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues. Please include details on:
     • how you installed Python
     • how you installed numpy
     • your operating system
     • whether or not you have multiple versions of Python installed
     • if you built from source, your compiler versions and ideally a build log

• If you’re working with a numpy git repository, try git clean -xdf (removes all files not under version control) and rebuild numpy.

Note: this error has many possible causes, so please don’t comment on an existing issue about this - open a new one instead.

Original error was: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

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Can someone help me pls… Sry for my poor english.

[namandoctor]

Add the python library path to PATH in user variables. As I am using Anaconda, for me, adding: “C:\Users\naman\Anaconda3\Library\bin” solved the problem.

[Shahrullo]

You don’t have to reinstall anything. Just add “C:\Users\username\Anaconda3\Library\bin” to your PATH. It should solve your problem