D:\>pip install selenium
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "d:\program files\python\lib\runpy.py", line 194, in _run_module_as_main
return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
File "d:\program files\python\lib\runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "D:\Program Files\Python\Scripts\pip.exe\__main__.py", line 5, in <module>
File "d:\program files\python\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\__init__.py", line 40, in <module>
from pip._internal.cli.autocompletion import autocomplete
File "d:\program files\python\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\autocompletion.py", line 8, in <module>
from pip._internal.cli.main_parser import create_main_parser
File "d:\program files\python\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\main_parser.py", line 7, in <module>
from pip._internal.cli import cmdoptions
File "d:\program files\python\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\cmdoptions.py", line 21, in <module>
from pip._internal.locations import USER_CACHE_DIR, get_src_prefix
File "d:\program files\python\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\locations.py", line 23, in <module>
USER_CACHE_DIR = appdirs.user_cache_dir("pip")
File "d:\program files\python\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\utils\appdirs.py", line 43, in user_cache_dir
path = os.path.normpath(_get_win_folder("CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA"))
File "d:\program files\python\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\utils\appdirs.py", line 203, in _get_win_folder_from_registry
import _winreg
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_winreg'
Asked
Active
Viewed 1,814 times
0

MisterMiyagi
- 44,374
- 10
- 104
- 119

Jem Jain
- 11
- 1
-
try doing `pip install --upgrade pip` first, then try doing that again. – Green Cloak Guy Sep 01 '20 at 18:22
-
Welcome to StackOverflow Navigate to this [link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4320761/importerror-no-module-named-winreg-python3) for your query – Sep 01 '20 at 18:23
-
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4320761/importerror-no-module-named-winreg-python3 this may help you – AM Z Sep 01 '20 at 18:24
-
3Does this answer your question? [importError: no module named \_winreg python3](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4320761/importerror-no-module-named-winreg-python3) – AMC Sep 01 '20 at 19:41
1 Answers
0
Call winregistry
If not installed, do pip install winregistry
>>> from winregistry import WinRegistry as Reg
Go to https://pypi.org/project/winregistry/ for more info on how to install and use

neuops
- 342
- 3
- 16
-
But WinRegistry lib doesn't have the same functions, I think it cannot be used in place of winreg... – Ramcics Aug 11 '23 at 14:56