Cant get pycharm to work get ERROR: The executable C:\Users\tedpo\PycharmProjects\untitled4\venv\Scripts\python.exe is not functioning

Question

I cannot get pycharm to work.

I get the following error:

ERROR: The executable C:\Users\tedpo\PycharmProjects\untitled4\venv\Scripts\python.exe is not functioning

The log box indicated this error may be because it was installed as one user. I re-installed it, but did not see a dialog asking me if I wanted it this user or all users.

The log box has:

Using base prefix 'C:\\Python34'
New python executable in C:\Users\tedpo\PycharmProjects\untitled4\venv\Scripts\python.exe
ERROR: The executable C:\Users\tedpo\PycharmProjects\untitled4\venv\Scripts\python.exe is not functioning
ERROR: It thinks sys.prefix is 'c:\\users\\tedpo\\appdata\\local\\temp\\tmp8dhe0ylepycharm-management\\virtualenv-15.1.0' (should be 'c:\\users\\tedpo\\pycharmprojects\\untitled4\\venv')
ERROR: virtualenv is not compatible with this system or executable
Note: some Windows users have reported this error when they installed Python for "Only this user" or have multiple versions of Python installed. Copying the appropriate PythonXX.dll to the virtualenv Scripts/ directory may fix this problem.

Answer 1

Sorted this out by removing all python programs (I had multiple versions installed) and then reinstalling.