hopefullysetting up your programming environment was successfulbut if you've been unable to run hello_world pyhere are few remedies you can trywhen program contains significant errorpython displays traceback python looks through the file and tries to report the problem the traceback might give you clue as to what issue is preventing the program from running step away from your computertake short breakand then try again remember that syntax is very important in programmingso even missing colona mismatched quotation markor mismatched paren theses can prevent program from running properly reread the relevant parts of this look over what you've doneand see if you can find the mistake start over again you probably don' need to uninstall anythingbut it might make sense to delete your hello_world py file and create it again from scratch ask someone else to follow the steps in this on your computer or different oneand watch what they do carefully you might have missed one small step that someone else happens to catch find someone who knows python and ask them to help you get set up if you ask aroundyou might find that you know someone who uses python the setup instructions in this are also available onlinethrough instructions may work better for you ask for help online appendix provides number of resources and areas onlinelike forums and live chat siteswhere you can ask for solutions from people who've already worked through the issue you're currently facing don' worry about bothering experienced programmers every programmer has been stuck at some pointand most programmers are happy to help you set up your system correctly as long as you can state clearly what you're trying to dowhat you've already triedand the results you're gettingthere' good chance someone will be able to help you as mentioned in the introductionthe python community is very beginner friendly python should run well on any modern computerso find way to ask for help if you're having trouble so far early issues can be frustratingbut they're well worth sorting out once you get hello_world py runningyou can start to learn pythonand your programming work will become more interesting and satisfying getting started