On Windows, running “import tensorflow” generates No module named “_pywrap_tensorflow” error

Question

On Windows, TensorFlow reports either or both of the following errors after executing an import tensorflow statement:

• No module named \"_pyw

Answer 1

For the people finding this post in 2019, this error could also occur because the Python version 3.7 does not have support for TensorFlow (see https://www.tensorflow.org/install/pip). So, check the Python version:

python --version

In case it is larger than 3.6, it should be downgraded to 3.6. For Anaconda:

conda install python=3.6

Then, install TensorFlow.

pip install tensorflow

Btw, I did not have the GPU version, so there were no CUDA related issues in my case.