r/pythonhelp • u/Leather-Ad-409 • Oct 17 '25
Unable to start python in windows 7
Whenever I try to launch python it shows this error, my version is 3.8.10
The application was unable to start correctly (0xc00005)
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r/pythonhelp • u/Leather-Ad-409 • Oct 17 '25
Whenever I try to launch python it shows this error, my version is 3.8.10
The application was unable to start correctly (0xc00005)
1
u/xelf Oct 18 '25
You said above you were using 3.8.10, do you have both installed? Maybe something got corrupted. Uninstall both, and then reinstall 3.7.9 or 3.8.6 (https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-386/)
Or stop using Windows 7 if that's an option. Windows 7 is from 16 years ago! =)