# Jupyter Notebook cells don't run!

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**Created:** [June 4, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebook-cells-dont-run/9472 "2021-06-04T17:41:38Z")\
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Did you first determine your active Python location for `Scripts` according to [bottom of the documentation here](https://jupyter-notebook.readthedocs.io/en/stable/troubleshooting.html#resolving-pywin32-issues)?

> where `Scripts` is located in the active Python’s installation location.

You replace `Scripts` in that command with that location, I think.

[Here](https://datatofish.com/add-python-to-windows-path/) has an example in an image under the text ‘And this is how my Python Scripts path looks like:’ showing where the installation was in that Windows example.

[This post](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-not-starting-in-win-10/2480/7) with the same error spells out the command that actually worked with a similar path. You’ll see in that example [there](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-not-starting-in-win-10/2480/7) they first used `cd` to change to location of `Scripts` and then issued the following while in that directory:

```plaintext
python pywin32_postinstall.py -install

```

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Just noting here mainly for others in a similar boat (and for keeping related topics linked here) that also this thread that lead to [this suggestion](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/kernel-error-failed-to-start-importerror-dll-load-failed-while-importing-win32api/4359/8) has an error in [the original post](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/kernel-error-failed-to-start-importerror-dll-load-failed-while-importing-win32api/4359) looks similar to yours.  
But I demoted mention of it because you look well on your way to reinstalling pywin32.

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