When I try to open Blender, I get an error relating to the file path for codecs.py, which upon investigating, seems to both be okay in terms of the file location, contents, and the filepath's format. I've tried restarting my machine, reinstalling several times, using different versions of Blender, and nothing has seemed to work. Can anyone give some advice on how to proceed? Thank you. Error below. I am on Windows 10.
INFO (gpu.debug): Notification : Successfully hooked OpenGL debug callback using OpenGL 4.3
INFO (gpu.debug): Notification : Successfully hooked OpenGL debug callback using OpenGL 4.3
Python path configuration:
PYTHONHOME = 'C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 3.6\3.6\python'
PYTHONPATH = (not set)
program name = 'C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 3.6\blender.exe'
isolated = 0
environment = 1
user site = 1
import site = 1
sys._base_executable = 'C:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender 3.6\\3.6\\python\\bin\\python.exe'
sys.base_prefix = 'C:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender 3.6\\3.6\\python'
sys.base_exec_prefix = 'C:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender 3.6\\3.6\\python'
sys.platlibdir = 'lib'
sys.executable = 'C:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender 3.6\\3.6\\python\\bin\\python.exe'
sys.prefix = 'C:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender 3.6\\3.6\\python'
sys.exec_prefix = 'C:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender 3.6\\3.6\\python'
sys.path = [
'C:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender 3.6\\python310.zip',
'C:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender 3.6\\3.6\\python\\DLLs',
'C:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender 3.6\\3.6\\python\\lib',
'C:\\Program Files\\Blender Foundation\\Blender 3.6\\3.6\\python\\bin',
]
Internal error initializing Python!
Fatal Python error: init_fs_encoding: failed to get the Python codec of the filesystem encoding
Python runtime state: core initialized
Switching to fully guarded memory allocator.
Blender 3.6.4
Build: 2023-09-25 23:36:11 Windows release
argv[0] = C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 3.6\\blender
argv[1] = --debug
argv[2] = --debug-gpu
argv[3] = --debug-gpu-force-workarounds
argv[4] = --python-expr
argv[5] = import bpy; bpy.ops.wm.sysinfo(filepath=r'C:\Users\ALASKA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\blender\debug_logs\blender_system_info.txt')
Read prefs: "C:\Users\Alaska Marie Keyleth\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\3.6\config\userpref.blend"
GL: Forcing workaround usage and disabling extensions.
OpenGL identification strings
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
version: 4.5.0 Core Profile Context 22.20.27.09.230330
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 3.6\3.6\python\lib\encodings__init__.py", line 31, in <module>
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 688, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 879, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1016, in get_code
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1073, in get_data
OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: 'C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 3.6\3.6\python\lib\codecs.py'
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