pipenv: ValueError: Not a valid python path: 'C:/Program Files/Python351/python.exe'
Here is the output of pipenv --support | clip: The path which is causing the error may have existed on my Windows 10 PC, but thefolder C:/Program Files/Python351 no longer exists on my PC. I do not understand where pipenv finds a reference to this non-existing folder and I do not know how to solve this problem.
I have been successfully using the following command to create a virtual env for several new django projects: pipenv install django>=3.0 but now running this command gives this valueerror.
I will very much appreciate a solution to my problem.
G:\Documenten\python_projects\django_for_beginners_projects\newspaper_pycharmproject
λ pipenv --support | clip
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pythonfinder\models\python.py", line 618, in parse_executable
result_version = get_python_version(path)
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pythonfinder\utils.py", line 105, in get_python_version
c = subprocess.Popen(version_cmd, **subprocess_kwargs)
File "c:\users\martin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 854, in __init__
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "c:\users\martin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 1307, in _execute_child
hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] Het systeem kan het opgegeven bestand niet vinden
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\users\martin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
File "c:\users\martin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\runpy.py", line 86, in _run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Scripts\pipenv.exe\__main__.py", line 7, in <module>
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\click\core.py", line 829, in __call__
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\click\core.py", line 782, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\click\core.py", line 1236, in invoke
return Command.invoke(self, ctx)
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\click\core.py", line 1066, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\click\core.py", line 610, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\click\decorators.py", line 73, in new_func
return ctx.invoke(f, obj, *args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\click\core.py", line 610, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\click\decorators.py", line 21, in new_func
return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
File "c:\users\martin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pipenv\cli\command.py", line 139, in cli
get_pipenv_diagnostics()
File "c:\users\martin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pipenv\help.py", line 33, in get_pipenv_diagnostics
python_paths = finder.find_all_python_versions()
File "c:\users\martin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pythonfinder\pythonfinder.py", line 312, in find_all_python_versions
python_version_dict = getattr(self.system_path, "python_version_dict", {})
File "c:\users\martin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pythonfinder\pythonfinder.py", line 120, in system_path
self._system_path = self.create_system_path()
File "c:\users\martin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pythonfinder\pythonfinder.py", line 82, in create_system_path
return pyfinder_path.SystemPath.create(
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pythonfinder\models\path.py", line 682, in create
instance = instance._run_setup()
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pythonfinder\models\path.py", line 233, in _run_setup
new_instance = new_instance._setup_windows()
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pythonfinder\models\path.py", line 411, in _setup_windows
windows_finder = WindowsFinder.create()
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pythonfinder\models\windows.py", line 146, in create
return cls()
File "<attrs generated init pythonfinder.models.windows.WindowsFinder>", line 13, in __init__
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pythonfinder\models\windows.py", line 113, in get_versions
versions[py_version.version_tuple[:5]] = base_dir
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pythonfinder\models\python.py", line 365, in __getattribute__
result = super(PythonVersion, self).__getattribute__(key)
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pythonfinder\models\python.py", line 430, in version_tuple
self.patch,
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pythonfinder\models\python.py", line 375, in __getattribute__
instance_dict = self.parse_executable(executable)
File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pythonfinder\models\python.py", line 620, in parse_executable
raise ValueError("Not a valid python path: %r" % path)
ValueError: Not a valid python path: 'C:/Program Files/Python351/python.exe'
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Anyone facing a similar error needs to uninstall old python versions C:\Windows\regedit.exe HKLM\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\
My advice to you: look for Python351 in regedit (win+r , regedit) and delete the entries (their content)
Someone suggested to use an older version in another thread.
pip install pipenv==2018.10.13
It fixed the issue for me, before I was also stuck on the Anaconda path
To add to @snooppr, I had to look in
as well.
I was having a similar issue with pipenv and getting the same error messages. Searching regedit did pull up some random entries to an uninstalled version of Python which I deleted. I stopped getting the error messages when I went back and installed the version of Python that was being mentioned (in martin’s case that would be 3.5.1) in the same location that pipenv was trying to find the directory. Then, I uninstalled it using the installation exe and it cleared up my issues with pipenv. I hope that helps!