pipenv is a bad program
it conflicts with anaconda. I removed anaconda and it still crashes. also, I repaired my python 3.8 installation uninstalled and reinstalled pipenv and it still picks up paths from anaconda anaconda sucks too. see below Administrator@rcplt MINGW64 /c/dev_env $ ls a.txt dd.py notes.txt pipenv_help.txt Administrator@rcplt MINGW64 /c/dev_env $ pip uninstall pipenv Found existing installation: pipenv 2020.8.13 Uninstalling pipenv-2020.8.13: Would remove: c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pipenv-2020.8.13.dist-i nfo\* c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pipenv\* c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\scripts\pipenv-resolver.exe c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\scripts\pipenv.exe Proceed (y/n)? y Successfully uninstalled pipenv-2020.8.13 Administrator@rcplt MINGW64 /c/dev_env $ pip install pipenv Collecting pipenv Using cached pipenv-2020.8.13-py2.py3-none-any.whl (3.9 MB) Requirement already satisfied: virtualenv-clone>=0.2.5 in c:\program files (x86) \python38-32\lib\site-packages (from pipenv) (0.5.4) Requirement already satisfied: setuptools>=36.2.1 in c:\program files (x86)\pyth on38-32\lib\site-packages (from pipenv) (41.2.0) Requirement already satisfied: virtualenv in c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\ lib\site-packages (from pipenv) (20.0.31) Requirement already satisfied: pip>=18.0 in c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\l ib\site-packages (from pipenv) (20.2.3) Requirement already satisfied: certifi in c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\lib \site-packages (from pipenv) (2020.6.20) Requirement already satisfied: distlib<1,>=0.3.1 in c:\program files (x86)\pytho n38-32\lib\site-packages (from virtualenv->pipenv) (0.3.1) Requirement already satisfied: six<2,>=1.9.0 in c:\program files (x86)\python38- 32\lib\site-packages (from virtualenv->pipenv) (1.15.0) Requirement already satisfied: appdirs<2,>=1.4.3 in c:\program files (x86)\pytho n38-32\lib\site-packages (from virtualenv->pipenv) (1.4.4) Requirement already satisfied: filelock<4,>=3.0.0 in c:\program files (x86)\pyth on38-32\lib\site-packages (from virtualenv->pipenv) (3.0.12) Installing collected packages: pipenv Successfully installed pipenv-2020.8.13 Administrator@rcplt MINGW64 /c/dev_env $ ls a.txt dd.py notes.txt pipenv_help.txt Administrator@rcplt MINGW64 /c/dev_env $ pipenv install pytz Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pytho nfinder\models\python.py", line 618, in parse_executable result_version = get_python_version(path) File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pytho nfinder\utils.py", line 105, in get_python_version c = subprocess.Popen(version_cmd, **subprocess_kwargs) File "c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 854, in __in it__ self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds, File "c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 1307, in _ex ecute_child hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args, FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\lib\runpy.py", line 194, in _run_modu le_as_main return _run_code(code, main_globals, None, File "c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\lib\runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code exec(code, run_globals) File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Scripts\pipenv.exe\__main__.py", line 7, in <module> File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\click \core.py", line 829, in __call__ return self.main(*args, **kwargs) File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\click \core.py", line 782, in main rv = self.invoke(ctx) File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\click \core.py", line 1259, in invoke return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx)) File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\click \core.py", line 1066, in invoke return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params) File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\click \core.py", line 610, in invoke return callback(*args, **kwargs) File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\click \decorators.py", line 73, in new_func return ctx.invoke(f, obj, *args, **kwargs) File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\click \core.py", line 610, in invoke return callback(*args, **kwargs) File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\click \decorators.py", line 21, in new_func return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs) File "c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pipenv\cli\command. py", line 232, in install retcode = do_install( File "c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pipenv\core.py", li ne 1920, in do_install ensure_project( File "c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pipenv\core.py", li ne 576, in ensure_project ensure_virtualenv( File "c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pipenv\core.py", li ne 498, in ensure_virtualenv python = ensure_python(three=three, python=python) File "c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pipenv\core.py", li ne 388, in ensure_python path_to_python = find_a_system_python(python) File "c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pipenv\core.py", li ne 350, in find_a_system_python return next(iter(finder.find_all_python_versions()), None) File "c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pytho nfinder\pythonfinder.py", line 312, in find_all_python_versions python_version_dict = getattr(self.system_path, "python_version_dict", {}) File "c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pytho nfinder\pythonfinder.py", line 120, in system_path self._system_path = self.create_system_path() File "c:\program files (x86)\python38-32\lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pytho nfinder\pythonfinder.py", line 82, in create_system_path return pyfinder_path.SystemPath.create( File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pytho nfinder\models\path.py", line 682, in create instance = instance._run_setup() File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pytho nfinder\models\path.py", line 233, in _run_setup new_instance = new_instance._setup_windows() File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pytho nfinder\models\path.py", line 411, in _setup_windows windows_finder = WindowsFinder.create() File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pytho nfinder\models\windows.py", line 146, in create return cls() File "<attrs generated init pythonfinder.models.windows.WindowsFinder>", line 13, in __init__ File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pytho nfinder\models\windows.py", line 113, in get_versions versions[py_version.version_tuple[:5]] = base_dir File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pytho nfinder\models\python.py", line 365, in __getattribute__ result = super(PythonVersion, self).__getattribute__(key) File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pytho nfinder\models\python.py", line 430, in version_tuple self.patch, File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pytho nfinder\models\python.py", line 375, in __getattribute__ instance_dict = self.parse_executable(executable) File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python38-32\Lib\site-packages\pipenv\vendor\pytho nfinder\models\python.py", line 620, in parse_executable raise ValueError("Not a valid python path: %r" % path) ValueError: Not a valid python path: 'C:/ProgramData/Anaconda3/python.exe' Administrator@rcplt MINGW64 /c/dev_env $ 5~ Administrator@rcplt MINGW64 /c/dev_env $ -- 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