Python script using PIL works in IDE doesn't when run by cmd and gives 'PIL' has no attribute 'Image'

Question

When I run the following in the Spyder IDE on Win10:

import PIL
import os

Inboundfile = "C:/Test/test/Overlay.png"

image = PIL.Image.open(os.path.abspath(Inboundfile))
image.show()  

It works fine. Opens the picture and outputs:

runfile('C:/Users/bob/Anaconda3/envs/NewEnvironment/bob/test3.py', wdir='C:/Users/bob/Anaconda3/envs/NewEnvironment/bob')

But when I call the same script from a cmd prompt:

C:\Users\bob\Anaconda3\envs\NewEnvironment\bob>python test3.py

It results in:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test3.py", line 14, in <module>
    image = PIL.Image.open(os.path.abspath(Inboundfile))
AttributeError: module 'PIL' has no attribute 'Image'

I have verified that the environment path is pointing to the same python environment as the IDE. ( I think ) Here is my Path variable from OS

C:\Users\bob\Anaconda3\envs\NewEnvironment\  

It's probably something very simple but I'm very new at this and any help would be appreciated.

I tried adding the line:

from PIL import Image

It still runs fine in the IDE but the error message changes to:

C:\Users\bb\Anaconda3\envs\NewEnvironment\bob>python test3.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test3.py", line 11, in <module>
    from PIL import Image
  File "C:\Users\bob\Anaconda3\envs\NewEnvironment\lib\site-packages\PIL\Image.py", line 69, in <module>
    from . import _imaging as core
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

This is even more confusing as I can follow that path and see Image.py sitting in the directory. What is the IDE doing that CMD is not?

Answer 1

All of my problems vanished when I simply closed and restarted the console I was using to call the python script. I have learned that the console saves things like the path variables when it starts up and must be restarted to get changes.