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I just installed python in my windows 10 pc. I am getting this weird error which I have never seen before:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\program files\python\lib\runpy.py", line 197, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "c:\program files\python\lib\runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "C:\Program Files\Python\Scripts\pip.exe\__main__.py", line 4, in <module>
  File "c:\program files\python\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\main.py", line 9, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.autocompletion import autocomplete
  File "c:\program files\python\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\autocompletion.py", line 10, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.main_parser import create_main_parser
  File "c:\program files\python\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\main_parser.py", line 8, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli import cmdoptions
  File "c:\program files\python\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\cmdoptions.py", line 23, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.parser import ConfigOptionParser
  File "c:\program files\python\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\parser.py", line 12, in <module>
    from pip._internal.configuration import Configuration, ConfigurationError
  File "c:\program files\python\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\configuration.py", line 25, in <module>
    from pip._internal.utils import appdirs
ValueError: source code string cannot contain null bytes
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  • What is the code that causes it? Commented Jun 3, 2021 at 5:22
  • My first guess would be that your installation is damaged. I would uninstall and reinstall first. Commented Jun 3, 2021 at 5:28
  • stackoverflow.com/questions/31233777/… Commented Jun 3, 2021 at 5:28
  • stackoverflow.com/questions/18970830/… Commented Jun 3, 2021 at 5:28
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