Fatal Python error on Windows 10 ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'encodings'

Question

I\'m installing python on my windows 10 laptop, and when I try to run it I get this.

Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: unable to load the file system

Answer 1

This issue has been addressed here in this thread. Apparently, running python setup as an administrator AND/OR correctly setting the environment variables solved this issue.