title: Installation of numpy through Anaconda
body: <p>getting up to speed on Anaconda, I keep receiving an error message when I try to import 'numpy' into Python.
  Here is what I have done so far:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Downloaded anaconda from anaconda.com (64-Bit Graphical
  Installer (466 MB) with Python 3.7 for Windows);</li>
  <li>Installed anaconda (under C:\Users\'Username'\Anaconda3 | Option 'Register Anaconda3 as my default Python 3.7')</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Now I'm trying to import numpy into Python using idle.exe, which produces following error message:</p>
  
  <pre><code> Warning: os.path.expanduser("~") points to
   h:\,
   but the path does not exist.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Futhermore, after executing "'import 'numpy;" in IDLE I get the following error message.
  Unfortunately none of the advice was helpful. Numpy seems to be properly installed.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Warning (from warnings module):  File "C:\Users\'Username'\Anaconda3\lib\site-   
  packages\numpy\__init__.py", line 140
  from . import _distributor_init
  UserWarning: mkl-service package failed to import, therefore Intel(R) MKL    
  initialization ensuring its correct out-of-the box operation under condition 
  when Gnu OpenMP had already been loaded by Python process is not assured. 
  Please install mkl-service package, see http://github.com/IntelPython/mkl-
  service
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\'Username'\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\__init__.py",   
  line 24, in &lt;module&gt;
  from . import multiarray
  
  File "C:\Users\'Username'\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\multiarray.py",   
  line 14, in &lt;module&gt;
  from . import overrides
  File "C:\Users\'Username'\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\overrides.py", 
  line 7, in &lt;module&gt;
  from numpy.core._multiarray_umath import (
  ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
  
  During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\'Username'\Anaconda3\Scripts\myscripts\import_test.py", line 1,   
  in &lt;module&gt;
  import numpy
  File "C:\Users\'Username'\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\numpy\__init__.py", line   
  142, in &lt;module&gt;
  from . import core
  File "C:\Users\'Username'\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\__init__.py", 
  line 54, in &lt;module&gt;
  raise ImportError(msg)
  ImportError: 
  
  IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ THIS FOR ADVICE ON HOW TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE!
  
  Importing the numpy c-extensions failed.
  - Try uninstalling and reinstalling numpy.
  - If you have already done that, then:
  1. Check that you expected to use Python3.7 from   
  "C:\Users\'Username'\Anaconda3\python.exe",
   and that you have no directories in your PATH or PYTHONPATH that can
   interfere with the Python and numpy version "1.18.1" you're trying to use.
  2. If (1) looks fine, you can open a new issue at
   https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues.  Please include details on:
   - how you installed Python
   - how you installed numpy
   - your operating system
   - whether or not you have multiple versions of Python installed
   - if you built from source, your compiler versions and ideally a build log
  
  - If you're working with a numpy git repository, try `git clean -xdf`
  (removes all files not under version control) and rebuild numpy.
  
  Note: this error has many possible causes, so please don't comment on
  an existing issue about this - open a new one instead.
  
  Original error was: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Many thanks in advance for any help and suggestions.</p>