Error importing scipy.sparse._sparsetools

Question

I\'m working on a macbook pro trying to use the gensim package to do Word2Vec. I had used the model earlier in the week, but when I tried to resume using it, I was given an

Answer 1

I had this issue with python 3.7 on windows 10 for both x86 and x64 version. Using dependency walker I found msvcp120.dll is missing. Placing the same in python root folder solved the issue for me.