Pycharm: DLL load failed: The specified procedure could not be found

Question

I am working on a Python project in Pycharm (2020.1.2) on Windows 10.

For this project, I cannot use the standard Python interpreter, I have to use my own located at C:\some\path\here\python\27_64\python.exe (Python 2.7.3).

Backstory may be important:

I have added this path to the system path for both myself and all users, and placed it ahead of %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\WindowsApps to try to prevent the Microsoft store from popping up whenever I try to run python on the command line - however I don't feel like this change to the path variable has made a difference, as the Microsoft store still pops up.

I can start a Python shell by running C:\some\path\here\python\27_64\python.exe, so I know it technically works. When I do so; the sys.path is as follows:

['', 'C:\\another_place\\Python_2.7.3_x64\\python27.zip',
'C:\\some\\path\\here\\python\\27_64\\DLLs',
'C:\\some\\path\\here\\python\\27_64\\lib',
'C:\\some\\path\\here\\python\\27_64\\lib\\plat-win',
'C:\\some\\path\\here\\python\\27_64\\lib\\lib-tk',
'C:\\some\\path\\here\\python\\27_64',
'C:\\some\\path\\here\\python\\27_64\\lib\\site-packages']

Anyway, when I try to run a Python console (not even my script), this is the message I get in Pycharm:

C:\some\path\here\python\27_64\python.exe "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2020.1.1\plugins\python\helpers\pydev\pydevconsole.py" --mode=client --port=59771
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2020.1.1\plugins\python\helpers\pydev\pydevconsole.py", line 5, in <module>
    from _pydev_comm.pydev_rpc import make_rpc_client, start_rpc_server, start_rpc_server_and_make_client
  File "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2020.1.1\plugins\python\helpers\pydev\_pydev_comm\pydev_rpc.py", line 1, in <module>
    import socket
  File "C:\some\path\here\python\27_64\lib\socket.py", line 47, in <module>
    import _socket
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified procedure could not be found.
Process finished with exit code 1

I have gone to Settings>Project:[name]>Project Interpreter and set it to C:\some\path\here\python\27_64\python.exe (and rebooted Pycharm to be sure). That said; in the settings window no packages are shown and it claims that Python packaging tools can not be found. When I click the link to install them (circled in red), they can not be installed due to this error:

ImportError: cannot import name _remove_dead_weakref

Are there other variables or settings I need to change?

Thanks

EDIT

Uninstalling the first Python on my Path (C:\\another_place\\Python_2.7.3_x64\\python27.zip) just makes everything so much worse

EDIT 2 I added the PATH variable manually to both the Python console settings and to the Run/Debug settings in PyCharm (and restarted the program), the result is still the same

Answer 1

I had a similar issue. This procedure fixed my issue. Try the following:

• run print(os.environ['PATH']) in the system terminal using the same interpreter

• copy the result and add as PATH environment variable to your Run/Debug Configuration

• do the same for Python Console settings

I hope it will work.

Answer 2

It seems that the interpreter is not being recognized by the windows as a result of which you are unable to install packages. Also, I suppose the interpreter should be present in the bin folder of your python folder. The interpreter does not have a .exe extension.

I would suggest installing anaconda python 2.7 64 Bit windows package installer and using the condo environment and work on python 2.7

Here is a link I found for Python 2.7 on Windows hope this helps: https://docs.python.org/2/faq/windows.html