Python – Enter “help(“Spyder crashes on Windows when module is block”)”

So, my computer’s python (python 2 and 3) configuration seems to be messed up in some secret way. Initially, I uninstalled Enthought Canopy (Windows 10 64-bit) using “Apps and Features” instead of “Uninstaller”. After running spyder via Anaconda, I ran “help(“modules”)” in the ipython window and got the following error:

C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\IPython\kernel\__init__.py:13:
ShimWarning: The `IPython.kernel` package has been deprecated. You should
import from ipykernel or jupyter_client instead.
"You should import from ipykernel or jupyter_client instead.", ShimWarning)

What follows are several similar errors for different files, seemingly random.

After these errors seem to overwhelm the system, it deletes the previous logs and replaces them with a red box titled “An error occurred while booting the kernel.”

Windows fatal exception: access violation

Thread 0x00002850 (most recent call first):
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\ipykernel\parentpoller.py",
        line 94 in run
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\threading.py", line 916 in _bootstrap_inner
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\threading.py", line 884 in _bootstrap

Thread 0x00000f5c (most recent call first):
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\threading.py", line 295 in wait
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\threading.py", line 551 in wait
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\IPython\core\history.py",
        line 834 in run
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\IPython\core\history.py",
        line 60 in needs_sqlite
    File "", line 2 in run
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\threading.py", line 916 in _bootstrap_inner
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\threading.py", line 884 in _bootstrap

Thread 0x000026c8 (most recent call first):
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\ipykernel\heartbeat.py",
        line 61 in run
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\threading.py", line 916 in _bootstrap_inner
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\threading.py", line 884 in _bootstrap

Thread 0x00001fe0 (most recent call first):
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\zmq\sugar\poll.py",
        line 99 in poll
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\zmq\eventloop\ioloop.py",
        line 122 in poll
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\tornado\ioloop.py",
        line 862 in start
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\zmq\eventloop\ioloop.py",
        line 177 in start
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\ipykernel\iostream.py",
        line 72 in _thread_main
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\threading.py", line 864 in run
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\threading.py", line 916 in _bootstrap_inner
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\threading.py", line 884 in _bootstrap

Current thread 0x00000458 (most recent call first):
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\qtawesome\iconic_font.py",
        line 209 in load_font
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\qtawesome\iconic_font.py",
        line 178 in __init__
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\qtawesome\__init__.py",
        line 36 in _instance
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\qtawesome\__init__.py",
        line 153 in load_font
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\spyder\utils\icon_manager.py",
        line 258 in icon
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\spyder\plugins\runconfig.py",
        line 457 in RunConfigPage
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\spyder\plugins\runconfig.py",
        line 452 in
    File "", line 205 in _call_with_frames_removed
    File "", line 678 in exec_module
    File "", line 655 in _load_unlocked
    File "", line 950 in _find_and_load_unlocked
    File "", line 961 in _find_and_load
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\spyder_profiler\profiler.py",
        line 22 in
    File "", line 205 in _call_with_frames_removed
    File "", line 678 in exec_module
    File "", line 655 in _load_unlocked
    File "", line 950 in _find_and_load_unlocked
    File "", line 961 in _find_and_load
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\spyder_profiler\__init__.py",
        line 6 in
    File "", line 205 in _call_with_frames_removed
    File "", line 678 in exec_module
    File "", line 655 in _load_unlocked
    File "", line 950 in _find_and_load_unlocked
    File "", line 961 in _find_and_load
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\pkgutil.py", line 92 in walk_packages
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\pydoc.py", line 2079 in run
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\pydoc.py", line 2050 in listmodules
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\pydoc.py", line 1899 in help
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\pydoc.py", line 1858 in __call__
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\_sitebuiltins.py", line 103 in __call__
    File "", line 1 in
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\IPython\core\interactiveshell.py",
        line 2881 in run_code
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\IPython\core\interactiveshell.py",
        line 2827 in run_ast_nodes
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\IPython\core\interactiveshell.py",
        line 2717 in run_cell
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\ipykernel\zmqshell.py",
        line 501 in run_cell
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\ipykernel\ipkernel.py",
        line 196 in do_execute
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\ipykernel\kernelbase.py",
        line 390 in execute_request
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\ipykernel\kernelbase.py",
        line 228 in dispatch_shell
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\ipykernel\kernelbase.py",
        line 276 in dispatcher
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\tornado\stack_context.py",
        line 275 in null_wrapper
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\zmq\eventloop\zmqstream.py",
        line 414 in _run_callback
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\zmq\eventloop\zmqstream.py",
        line 472 in _handle_recv
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\zmq\eventloop\zmqstream.py",
        line 440 in _handle_events
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\tornado\stack_context.py",
        line 275 in null_wrapper
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\tornado\ioloop.py",
        line 887 in start
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\zmq\eventloop\ioloop.py",
        line 177 in start
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\ipykernel\kernelapp.py",
        line 474 in start
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\spyder\utils\ipython\start_kernel.py",
        line 223 in main
    File "C:\Users\Jacob\Anaconda3\lib\site‑packages\spyder\utils\ipython\start_kernel.py",
        line 227 in

I tried:

spyder --reset

As well as uninstalling every version of Python on my computer, and every directory folder and file I could find. After reinstalling, the same problem occurs.

My current sys.path is:

['',
'C:\\Users\\Jacob\\Anaconda3\\lib\\site-packages\\spyder\\utils\\site',
'C:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\\Lib\\site-packages',
'C:\\ProgramData\\Anaconda2\\Lib',
'C:\\Users\\Jacob\\Anaconda3\\python36.zip',
'C:\\Users\\Jacob\\Anaconda3\\DLLs',
'C:\\Users\\Jacob\\Anaconda3\\lib',
'C:\\Users\\Jacob\\Anaconda3',
'C:\\Users\\Jacob\\Anaconda3\\lib\\site-packages',
'C:\\Users\\Jacob\\Anaconda3\\lib\\site-packages\\Sphinx-1.5.1-py3.6.egg',
'C:\\Users\\Jacob\\Anaconda3\\lib\\site-packages\\win32',
'C:\\Users\\Jacob\\Anaconda3\\lib\\site-packages\\win32\\lib',
'C:\\Users\\Jacob\\Anaconda3\\lib\\site-packages\\Pythonwin',
'C:\\Users\\Jacob\\Anaconda3\\lib\\site-packages\\setuptools-27.2.0-py3.6.egg',
'C:\\Users\\Jacob\\Anaconda3\\lib\\site-packages\\IPython\\extensions',
'C:\\Users\\Jacob\\.ipython']

I can’t find this particular error anywhere on the web, so hopefully someone here knows what the problem is.

This looks like a https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder/issues/4014 Issues reported on. In this case, the solution is to upgrade qtawesome (a dependency of spyder) to 0.4.4 or later. If you are installing with Anaconda, the command is: conda upgrade qtawesome.