# Not able to import paraview.simple module on windows

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/not-able-to-import-paraview-simple-module-on-windows/537
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [September 6, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/not-able-to-import-paraview-simple-module-on-windows/537 "2018-09-06T20:54:35Z")
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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/not-able-to-import-paraview-simple-module-on-windows/537/10 "2018-09-07T01:55:39Z")

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@foadsf It is much easier to get started with Python scripting for ParaView by using the `pvpython.exe` program that comes with ParaView. `pvpython.exe` is essentially `python2.7` with all the needed paths set up in `PATH` and `PYTHONPATH`. If you don’t want to use `pvpython.exe` for some reason, you can at least run it to see what the environment variables should be, though it looks like with @shawn.waldon’s help you got it figured out.

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