Tensorflow-gpu on windows: ImportError: No module named _pywrap_tensorflow

Question

When I try to import tensorflow I get the following error:

>>import tensorflow
  File "C:\Users\...\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\__init__.py", line 24, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python import *
  File "C:\Users\...\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\__init__.py", line 72, in <module>
    raise ImportError(msg)
ImportError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\...\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\__init__.py", line 66, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow
  File "C:\Users\...\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 21, in <module>
    _pywrap_tensorflow = swig_import_helper()
  File "C:\Users\...\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 20, in swig_import_helper
    return importlib.import_module('_pywrap_tensorflow')
  File "C:\Users\...\Anaconda3\envs\tensorflow\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 37, in import_module
    __import__(name)
ImportError: No module named _pywrap_tensorflow


Failed to load the native TensorFlow runtime.

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I installed the msvcp140.dll Redistributable as recommended here , but it didn't help. Any ideas? I am running Anaconda3 environment.

Answer 1

It turned out that tensorflow on windows requires python 3.5 or higher while my python was 2.7.8 . I found out that this was the problem by the help of this great script which helps trace the source error and gives clear error messages.