Exception has occurred: ImportError DLL load failed while importing _cext: The specified module could not be found. File "C:\Users\KTC\Desktop\Car price\Car Price Prediction.py", line 4, in import matplotlib.pyplot as plt ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _cext: The specified module could not be found.

I was creating car price prediction project and all libraries were installed but this error occured

Exception has occurred: ImportError DLL load failed while importing _cext: The specified module could not be found. File "C:\Users\KTC\Desktop\Car price\Car Price Prediction.py", line 4, in import matplotlib.pyplot as plt ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _cext: The specified module could not be found.

I was creating car price prediction project and all libraries were installed but this error occured

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the error is due to lack of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package on your system.

run this code in terminal:

pip install msvc-runtime

In addition you can check official Microsoft website :

https://learn.microsoft/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist