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ImportError: DLL load failed while importing numpy_ops: The specified module could not be found. when importing spacy in Python

I was trying to import spaCy because I wanted to remove stop words. When I tried running the import line, it gave me the error mentioned in the title.

I had installed spacy using

python -m pip install spacy

because pip install spacy gave me an error saying:

Fatal error in launcher: Unable to create process using '"c:\users\nikun\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\python.exe"  "C:\Users\nikun\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\Scripts\pip.exe" install spacy': The system cannot find the file specified.

How do I fix this so that it imports spacy without error? I would appreciate any help and am new to coding so please forgive for any silly errors I am making.

Solution

  • You just need to run the following line on the command prompt:

    python -m pip install msvc-runtime

    Then the error goes away