UnicodeDecodeError when reading CSV file in Pandas with Python

Question

I\'m running a program which is processing 30,000 similar files. A random number of them are stopping and producing this error...

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Answer 1

Sometimes the problem is with the .csv file only. The file may be corrupted. When faced with this issue. 'Save As' the file as csv again.

0. Open the xls/csv file
1. Go to -> files 
2. Click -> Save As 
3. Write the file name 
4. Choose 'file type' as -> CSV [very important]
5. Click -> Ok