Issue with pycharm:(Pycharm:Py_Initialize: can't initialize sys standard streams)

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I just started to us Python and Pycharm today. I installed Python 3.4.3 and pycharm 4.5, and I'm using Windows 7 OS on a acer TravelMate 8471 laptop.

When I try to print("hello"), the error is:

"Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: can't initialize sys standard streams LookupError: unknown encoding: x-windows-950"

Does anyone know how to fix this issue ?

Whats your file name? maybe it shadows a built-in module. – Kobi K May 21 '15 at 07:50 — Kobi K, May 21 '15 at 07:50
i Change all kind of different file and still doesn't work – Ryan1339 May 22 '15 at 08:46 — Ryan1339, May 22 '15 at 08:46
Please tell us about your computer's locale settings. – Freek Wiekmeijer Jun 04 '15 at 06:14 — Freek Wiekmeijer, Jun 04 '15 at 06:14

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 04 '15 at 11:58

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Just put the hello.py file in a subdirectory of your project directory.

All the files in the project directory essentially provides relevant "system information" of the project. One project may contains couple of applications. Each application should be put in one subdirectory.

set: "Settings/Editor/File Encodings/Project Encoding" to: "UTF-8"

edited Jun 04 '15 at 11:58

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answered Jun 04 '15 at 06:10

J. H. Jeng

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 21 '15 at 21:32

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It's likely due to the PY-15481 bug. Try PyCharm 4.5.1 RC build.

answered May 21 '15 at 21:32

Andrey Vlasovskikh

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I reinstall the Pycharm and reboot everything. But when i try to run something it still show the same error – Ryan1339 May 22 '15 at 08:48
@Ryan1339 Have you installed PyCharm 4.5.1 RC? – Andrey Vlasovskikh May 22 '15 at 12:30

Issue with pycharm:(Pycharm:Py_Initialize: can't initialize sys standard streams)

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