# Python on Windows

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/python-on-windows/76161>\
**Category:** Tooling\
**Tags:** windows, python\
**Created:** [February 9, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/python-on-windows/76161 "2022-02-09T22:45:43Z")\
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Not sure I follow “you”. Are you referring to this error?

```julia
(base) C:\j>python
Python 3.9.7 (default, Sep 16 2021, 16:59:28) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)] :: Anaconda, Inc. on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import julia
>>>
>>> julia.install()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\programs\miniconda3\lib\site-packages\julia\tools.py", line 111, in install
    proc = subprocess.Popen(install_cmd, **kwargs)
  File "C:\programs\miniconda3\lib\subprocess.py", line 951, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "C:\programs\miniconda3\lib\subprocess.py", line 1420, in _execute_child
    hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

```

`FileNotFoundError` seems to me that may perfectly be due to a bug in the program.

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