What is this kernal error when I make a python 3 jupyter notebook?

Question

I just installed miniconda,jupyter notebook, python, and some packages.

I have the appropriate version of pywin32.

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\tornado\web.py", line 1703, in _execute result = await result File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\tornado\gen.py", line 742, in run yielded = self.gen.throw(*exc_info) # type: ignore File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\notebook\services\sessions\handlers.py", line 69, in post model = yield maybe_future( File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\tornado\gen.py", line 735, in run value = future.result() File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\tornado\gen.py", line 742, in run yielded = self.gen.throw(*exc_info) # type: ignore File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\notebook\services\sessions\sessionmanager.py", line 88, in create_session kernel_id = yield self.start_kernel_for_session(session_id, path, name, type, kernel_name) File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\tornado\gen.py", line 735, in run value = future.result() File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\tornado\gen.py", line 742, in run yielded = self.gen.throw(*exc_info) # type: ignore File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\notebook\services\sessions\sessionmanager.py", line 100, in start_kernel_for_session kernel_id = yield maybe_future( File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\tornado\gen.py", line 735, in run value = future.result() File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\tornado\gen.py", line 209, in wrapper yielded = next(result) File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\notebook\services\kernels\kernelmanager.py", line 168, in start_kernel super(MappingKernelManager, self).start_kernel(**kwargs) File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\jupyter_client\multikernelmanager.py", line 158, in start_kernel km.start_kernel(**kwargs) File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\jupyter_client\manager.py", line 301, in start_kernel kernel_cmd, kw = self.pre_start_kernel(**kw) File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\jupyter_client\manager.py", line 248, in pre_start_kernel self.write_connection_file() File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\jupyter_client\connect.py", line 468, in write_connection_file self.connection_file, cfg = write_connection_file(self.connection_file, File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\jupyter_client\connect.py", line 138, in write_connection_file with secure_write(fname) as f: File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\contextlib.py", line 113, in enter return next(self.gen) File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\jupyter_core\paths.py", line 435, in secure_write win32_restrict_file_to_user(fname) File "c:\users\kivix\miniconda3\envs\thematrix\lib\site-packages\jupyter_core\paths.py", line 361, in win32_restrict_file_to_user import win32api ImportError: DLL load failed while importing win32api: The specified module could not be found.

Answer 1

I got a similar issue yesterday. Try running this code in the CMD

conda install pywin32

and install it if you use Anaconda.