[New-bugs-announce] [issue35596] Fatal Python error: initfsencoding: unable to load the file system codec zipimport.ZipImportError: can't find module 'encodings'

[hyu]

New submission from hyu <henryu2 at yahoo.com>:

>python
Fatal Python error: initfsencoding: unable to load the file system codec
zipimport.ZipImportError: can't find module 'encodings'

There are two vcruntime140.dll with no binary diff.
 Date      Time     Attr     Size   Compressed   Name
------------------- ----- -------- ------------  ----------------
2018-12-10 22:06:34 .....    80128        45532  vcruntime140.dll
...
2018-12-10 22:06:34 .....    80128        45532  vcruntime140.dll

Repeated downloads. Checked both versions:
https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.2/python-3.7.2-embed-amd64.zip
https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.2/python-3.7.2-embed-win32.zip

Searched and read release and doc. Checked bugs since yesterday.

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messages: 332595
nosy: hyu
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Fatal Python error: initfsencoding: unable to load the file system codec zipimport.ZipImportError: can't find module 'encodings'
versions: Python 3.7

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