FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

[kunal-3196]

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🔍 Description of the bug

[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

Facing above error while launching mapdl

🕵️ Steps To Reproduce

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

from ansys.mapdl.core import launch_mapdl

mapdl = launch_mapdl(loglevel="ERROR")

mapdl.clear()
mapdl.prep7()

# Material properties-- 1020 steel in imperial
mapdl.units("BIN")  # U.S. Customary system using inches (in, lbf*s2/in, s, °F).
mapdl.mp("EX", 1, 30023280.0)
mapdl.mp("NUXY", 1, 0.290000000)
mapdl.mp("ALPX", 1, 8.388888889e-06)
mapdl.mp("DENS", 1, 7.346344000e-04)
mapdl.mp("KXX", 1, 6.252196000e-04)
mapdl.mp("C", 1, 38.6334760)

# use a thermal element type
mapdl.et(1, "SOLID70")

Above code throwing the error

💻 Which Operating System are you using?

Windows

🐍 Which Python version are you using?

3.11

💾 Which MAPDL version are you using?

2024R1

📝 PyMAPDL Report

ansys-mapdl-core-0.68.4

📝 Installed packages

Show the installed packages!

# PASTE HERE THE OUTPUT OF `python -m pip freeze` here

📝 Logger output file

runfile('C:/MISC/Python_code/untitled0.py', wdir='C:/MISC/Python_code') Traceback (most recent call last):

File C:\ProgramData\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\spyder_kernels\py3compat.py:356 in compat_exec exec(code, globals, locals)

File c:\misc\python_code\untitled0.py:27 mapdl = launch_mapdl(loglevel="ERROR")

File ~\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\ansys\mapdl\core\launcher.py:1833 in launch_mapdl raise exception

File ~\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\ansys\mapdl\core\launcher.py:1795 in launch_mapdl port, actual_run_location, process = launch_grpc(

File ~\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python311\site-packages\ansys\mapdl\core\launcher.py:605 in launch_grpc process = subprocess.Popen(

File C:\ProgramData\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\spyder_kernels\customize\spydercustomize.py:109 in init super(SubprocessPopen, self).init(*args, **kwargs)

File C:\ProgramData\anaconda3\Lib\subprocess.py:1026 in init self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,

File C:\ProgramData\anaconda3\Lib\subprocess.py:1538 in _execute_child hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,

FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified