# Spyder launching issue

**URL:** <https://forum.anaconda.com/t/spyder-launching-issue/107419>\
**Category:** Product Help\
**Created:** [October 9, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/spyder-launching-issue/107419 "2025-10-09T15:36:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christoph3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/0075a9/32.png) [@Christoph3](https://forum.anaconda.com/u/Christoph3)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.anaconda.com/t/spyder-launching-issue/107419/1 "2025-10-09T15:36:37Z")

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Good evening from Vienna,

might I ask for any support on the following subject.

Every time I attempt to launch Spyder from Anaconda prompt ( from Navigator nothing works at all) I get the error message:

(base) C:\Users\User\>spyder  
Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “C:\Users\User\anaconda3\Scripts\spyder-script.py”, line 6, in  
from spyder.app.start import main  
File “C:\Users\User\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\spyder\app\start.py”, line 44, in  
import zmq  
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘zmq’

Zmq is installed in the folder lib\site-packages on my Windows PC 64 bit.

Thank you very much in advance

Christoph