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Every time I open up gVim there is an error that says that Python is not supported. I have checked numerous websites and everything that I have tried does not seem to work. In my vimrc file, I have included the dll file directory and I have made sure that gVim and Python are both 64bit. I need python to work if I want to use the YouCompleteMe Plugin for Vim.

When I type echo has ('python3') in vim it returns 0 instead of 1.

Also when I type python3 print(1) this is the error that pops up

E370: Could not load library C:\Users\nikhi\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\python38.dll
E263: Sorry, this command is disabled, the Python library could not be loaded.```

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  • I know nothing about gvim, but try to check its version. In no gui vim vim --version gives you options, Vim was compiled with. If it has no +python3 option in the output, then nothing you can do, except recompile or find one which was compiled with this option.
    – d.k
    Jun 15, 2020 at 6:53
  • It's most likely that you gvim was compiled without python3 support
    – d.k
    Jun 15, 2020 at 6:54
  • could you remove set pythondll=... restart gvim and show output of echo &pythondll and echo &pythonthreedll?
    – Maxim Kim
    Jun 15, 2020 at 7:06
  • Please don't post images of text: we would prefer you to actually paste the text of your vimrc (either here or to a pastebin/gist-like service).
    – D. Ben Knoble ♦
    Jun 15, 2020 at 22:25

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Check :version of your gvim. It should have +python3/dyn there for the python3 support.

Both python3 and gvim should be 64 bit. (Windows binaries from vim.org are 32bit)

Then try adding to your vimrc:

set pythonthreedll=python38.dll
set pythonthreehome=C:/Users/nikhi/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38/
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