Installation of TensorFlow on windows 7 - 'pip3' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

Question

When following the Installing TensorFlow for Windows guide https://www.tensorflow.org/install/install_windows, after executing

C:\\> pip3 install --upgrad         


        

Answer 1

Before running pip3 install --upgrade tensorflow you need check if you are using the correct Python 3.5 installation:

Python 3.5.2  [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32

Notice the 64 bit part.
Otherwise, it gives the above error.
You are going to install tensorflow-1.0.1-cp35-cp35m-win_amd64.whl, therefore double check your correct version (mostly this is happening you have both Python 2.7 and 3.5).

Answer 2

Run the following

python -m pip install --upgrade tensorflow

Assuming python is working, TensorFlow should get installed (at least the "Validate the installation" step is green).