Error in manage.py runserver with Django on windows 8.1

Question

I couldn\'t find this exitcode anywhere but hopefully one of you could help me or let me know if this is a bug in python/Django.

Anyway, first here\'s the stacktrace

Answer 1

I was having the same issue, and I found the solution. From what I searched it also happens with Windows 7 & 8.

If you want to know with more detail how I solved it check the ticket I filed in Django's forums: Error in manage.py runserver on Windows (7 / 8 / 8.1).

Now to solve the error open this file C:\Program Files\Python\lib\site-packages\django\utils\autoreload.py (I'm using your code as reference) and add this line of code just before your error (line 279):

new_environ['PATH'] = os.path.abspath(new_environ['PATH'].replace('\u202a', ''))

Your function now should look like this:

def restart_with_reloader():
    while True:
        args = [sys.executable] + ['-W%s' % o for o in sys.warnoptions] + sys.argv
        if sys.platform == "win32":
            args = ['"%s"' % arg for arg in args]
        new_environ = os.environ.copy()
        new_environ["RUN_MAIN"] = 'true'
        new_environ['PATH'] = os.path.abspath(new_environ['PATH'].replace('\u202a', ''))
        exit_code = os.spawnve(os.P_WAIT, sys.executable, args, new_environ)
        if exit_code != 3:
            return exit_code

Now try using again manage.py runserver. I hope this solves your problem and don't feel you're alone.