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AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'load_module'

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Problem Description

What steps will reproduce the problem?

start up of spyder (in Anaconda distribution) generatets error every time: platform: windows 10, v 1709, build: 16299.248

hardware: Inspiron 5759 intel i7 - 6500U @ 2.5 ghz

Traceback

    module = _import_module_from_path(module_name, plugin_path)
    module = spec.loader.load_module(module_name)
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'load_module'

Package Versions

Spyder 3.2.7 ``
Python 3.6.1
Qt 5.6.2
PyQt5 5.6
Windows 10

Dependencies

pyflakes >=0.6.0 :  1.5.0 (OK)
pycodestyle >=2.3:  2.3.1 (OK)
pygments >=2.0   :  2.2.0 (OK)
pandas >=0.13.1  :  0.20.1 (OK)
numpy >=1.7      :  1.12.1 (OK)
sphinx >=0.6.6   :  1.5.6 (OK)
rope >=0.9.4     :  0.9.4-1 (OK)
jedi >=0.9.0     :  0.10.2 (OK)
nbconvert >=4.0  :  5.1.1 (OK)
sympy >=0.7.3    :  1.0 (OK)
cython >=0.21    :  0.25.2 (OK)
qtconsole >=4.2.0:  4.3.0 (OK)
IPython >=4.0    :  5.3.0 (OK)
pylint >=0.25    :  1.6.4 (OK)

Issue Analytics

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Created 6 years ago
Comments:5 (3 by maintainers)

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ccordoba12commented, Mar 4, 2018

@dalthviz, please catch the AttributeError around this line:

https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/blob/3.x/spyder/otherplugins.py#L121

and return None in the except part.

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johnwshccommented, Feb 27, 2018

Same result

On February 26, 2018, at 12:53 PM, Carlos Cordoba notifications@github.com wrote:

Please run in a terminal (cmd.exe)

spyder --reset

and try again.

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