title: How to fix "No module named 'encodings'"
body: <p>Before today, I only had a <code>Python37-32</code> directory when it comes to python. I had to install python 2.7 for something, and now everything has broken.</p>
  
  <p>After downloading the latest python release and clicking "update current installation" (or something along these lines), I was expecting I would have my old python back. However, I am now missing all of my imports. When trying to reinstall them with <code>py -m pip install &lt;package&gt;</code>, I ran into <strong>this:</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>Fatal Python error: initfsencoding: unable to load the file system codec
  ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'encodings'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Whenever I typed "py" into my VScode terminal (and normal command prompt), I would get this error. What have I accidentally done to mess up everything?</p>