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How to solve " C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\python.exe: can't open file " error?

I am getting error when I want to run my python script in terminal which says...

C:\msys64\mingw64\bin\python.exe: can't open file

Possible Problem Cause:

I have installed MSYS2 in my machine so that I can use g++ and gcc compilers for C/C++ Programs and to use g++ and gcc I needed to add C:\msys64\mingw64\bin path to system environment variables.

C:\msys64\mingw64\bin folder has python.exe in it; so I am guessing that it is causing some kind of collision between my python interpreter and C:\msys64\mingw64\bin's python.exe

When I remove C:\msys64\mingw64\bin path from system Environment variables, I am getting expected output.

What do I want?

I want a solution in which I can keep using both, python and g++/gcc.

Solution

  • I reordered paths in System/User's environmental variables and now I am getting what I needed.