Anaconda Terminal error pywin32_bootstrap

Question

I got this error in my Anaconda Navigator base Terminal:

Traceback (most recent call last):
    File \"C:\\Users\\myusername\\AppData\\Local\\Continuum\\anaconda         


        

Answer 1

I got the same error during pip install, and I solved it by installing build 225 of pywin32 instead of the latest version:

pip install pywin32==225

Answer 2

try pip install --ignore-installed pywin32 to reinstall pywin32

quote: How to fix 'ImportError: DLL load failed while importing win32api'

Answer 3

I followed soberWolf's suggestion, but needed to add the --user switch as the permissions seem a little off, so pip install --ignore-installed pywin32 --user