# Spyder application launch error

**URL:** <https://forum.anaconda.com/t/spyder-application-launch-error/66371>\
**Category:** Product Help\
**Created:** [January 3, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/spyder-application-launch-error/66371 "2024-01-03T02:19:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![joytanjiahui1234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db6015/32.png) [@joytanjiahui1234](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/joytanjiahui1234)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/spyder-application-launch-error/66371/1 "2024-01-03T02:19:17Z")

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I am having this issue, and even after uninstalling and installing anaconda and restarting spyder settings, it doesn’t work… thanks

Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “C:\Users\joyta\anaconda3\Scripts\spyder-script.py”, line 10, in  
sys.exit(main())  
^^^^^^  
File “C:\Users\joyta\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\spyder\app\start.py”, line 256, in main  
mainwindow.main(options, args)  
File “C:\Users\joyta\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\spyder\app\mainwindow.py”, line 1823, in main  
mainwindow = create\_window(MainWindow, app, splash, options, args)  
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
File “C:\Users\joyta\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\spyder\app\utils.py”, line 289, in create\_window  
main.setup()  
File “C:\Users\joyta\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\spyder\app\mainwindow.py”, line 732, in setup  
internal\_plugins = find\_internal\_plugins()  
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
File “C:\Users\joyta\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\spyder\app\find\_plugins.py”, line 40, in find\_internal\_plugins  
mod = importlib.import\_module(entry\_point.module\_name)  
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
File “C:\Users\joyta\anaconda3\Lib\importlib\__init_\_.py”, line 126, in import\_module  
return \_bootstrap.\_gcd\_import(name[level:], package, level)  
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
File “”, line 1204, in \_gcd\_import  
File “”, line 1176, in \_find\_and\_load  
File “”, line 1147, in _find\_and\_load\_unlocked  
File “”, line 690, in load\_unlocked  
File “”, line 940, in exec\_module  
File “”, line 241, in call\_with\_frames\_removed  
File “C:\Users\joyta\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\spyder\plugins\ipythonconsole\plugin.py”, line 24, in  
from spyder.plugins.ipythonconsole.widgets.main\_widget import (  
File "C:\Users\joyta\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\spyder\plugins\ipythonconsole\widgets\_init.py", line 16, in  
from .help import HelpWidget  
File “C:\Users\joyta\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\spyder\plugins\ipythonconsole\widgets\help.py”, line 24, in  
from spyder\_kernels.comms.commbase import CommError  
File "C:\Users\joyta\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\spyder\_kernels\comms\_init.py", line 56, in  
from spyder\_kernels.comms.commbase import CommError  
File “C:\Users\joyta\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\spyder\_kernels\comms\commbase.py”, line 55, in  
import cloudpickle  
File "C:\Users\joyta\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\cloudpickle\_init_.py", line 3, in  
from cloudpickle.cloudpickle import \*  
File “C:\Users\joyta\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\cloudpickle\cloudpickle.py”, line 209, in  
\_cell\_set\_template\_code = \_make\_cell\_set\_template\_code()  
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
File “C:\Users\joyta\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\cloudpickle\cloudpickle.py”, line 172, in \_make\_cell\_set\_template\_code  
return types.CodeType(  
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
TypeError: code() argument 13 must be str, not int