title: Why can't I use scipy despite having it installed?
body: <p>I've installed <code>SciPy</code> using pip on Windows Powershell. I used the command <code>py -m pip install scipy</code>. This worked. I then tried to import scipy into Python, but I get this error</p>
  <p>Traceback (most recent call last):</p>
  <pre><code>  File &quot;C:\Users\monzu\Documents\model of membrane-fiber interactions.py&quot;, line 2, in &lt;module&gt;
      import scipy
    File &quot;C:\Users\monzu\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\scipy\__init__.py&quot;, line 61, in &lt;module&gt;
      from numpy import show_config as show_numpy_config
    File &quot;C:\Users\monzu\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\numpy\__init__.py&quot;, line 138, in &lt;module&gt;
      from . import _distributor_init
    File &quot;C:\Users\monzu\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\numpy\_distributor_init.py&quot;, line 26, in &lt;module&gt;
      WinDLL(os.path.abspath(filename))
    File &quot;C:\Users\monzu\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39-32\lib\ctypes\__init__.py&quot;, line 374, in __init__
      self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
  </code></pre>
  <blockquote>
  <p>OSError: [WinError 193] %1 is not a valid Win32 application</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>How do I fix this?</p>