# no python in ParaView 5.6.0

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/no-python-in-paraview-5-6-0/1992
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [June 5, 2019, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/no-python-in-paraview-5-6-0/1992 "2019-06-05T09:58:17Z")
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### Author: ![bencesomogyi](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@bencesomogyi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bencesomogyi)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2019, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/no-python-in-paraview-5-6-0/1992/1 "2019-06-05T09:58:17Z")

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Dear All,

I have the problem, that the python console, programmable filter is not working in ParaView-5.6.0-MPI-Windows-msvc2015-64bit, ParaView-5.6.0-Windows-msvc2015-64bit, that I have downloaded from the ParaView website.  
Switching on the Python Shell, I get the following message:

Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “”, line 1, in   
File “C:/Users/somogyib/KTM/software/installed/ParaView-5.6.0-MPI-Windows-msvc2015-64bit/bin\Lib/site-packages\paraview\simple.py”, line 41, in   
from paraview import servermanager  
File “C:/Users/somogyib/KTM/software/installed/ParaView-5.6.0-MPI-Windows-msvc2015-64bit/bin\Lib/site-packages\paraview\servermanager.py”, line 3278, in   
\_\_initialize()  
File “C:/Users/somogyib/KTM/software/installed/ParaView-5.6.0-MPI-Windows-msvc2015-64bit/bin\Lib/site-packages\paraview\servermanager.py”, line 3269, in \_\_initialize  
c = Connection(iter.GetCurrentSessionId(), iter.GetCurrentSession())  
File “C:/Users/somogyib/KTM/software/installed/ParaView-5.6.0-MPI-Windows-msvc2015-64bit/bin\Lib/site-packages\paraview\servermanager.py”, line 1979, in **init**  
\_createModules(self.Modules)  
File “C:/Users/somogyib/KTM/software/installed/ParaView-5.6.0-MPI-Windows-msvc2015-64bit/bin\Lib/site-packages\paraview\servermanager.py”, line 2622, in \_createModules  
m.filters = createModule(‘filters’)  
File “C:/Users/somogyib/KTM/software/installed/ParaView-5.6.0-MPI-Windows-msvc2015-64bit/bin\Lib/site-packages\paraview\servermanager.py”, line 2723, in createModule  
cobj = \_createClass(groupName, proxyName, apxm=pxm)  
File “C:/Users/somogyib/KTM/software/installed/ParaView-5.6.0-MPI-Windows-msvc2015-64bit/bin\Lib/site-packages\paraview\servermanager.py”, line 2667, in \_createClass  
if (prop.GetInformationOnly() and propName != “TimestepValues” )   
AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘GetInformationOnly’

Do you know what might be the problem?

Thanks in advance!

With Best Regards,  
Bence Somogyi

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### Author: ![bencesomogyi](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@bencesomogyi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bencesomogyi)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/no-python-in-paraview-5-6-0/1992/2 "2020-09-15T14:14:53Z")

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Found the solution now. The ParaView settings file (more about it here: `https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView_Settings_Files`) got somehow corrupted. After removing the file called ParaView5.8.0.ini (yes, the pyhon shell problem occured also with the newer version of PV) file, the python shell works again.