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Not able to install django and use an existing django project

I am studying Django for the first time and everything was going well until the last day. Today when I tried opening my Django project, the terminal returns an error saying :-
Unable to create process using
'C:\Users\User1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe manage.py runserver'
Thinking that it might be an issue with the virtual env, I tried checking my Python Interpreter to make sure I am currently in my venv.
Fortunately, I am currently using my venv but Pycharm indicates me to Install Python Packaging Tools.
I tried the link to install it but it notifies a Non Zero Exit Code(101) and Invalid Python SDK error.
Googling for the error asked me to check the path in Environment Variables where two are present -
C:\Users\User1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\
C:\Users\User1\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Scripts\
Recently I had added MingW Compiler to the path and that was it. I've never touched the path of Python.
I would like to mention that there are no errors in creating a new virtual envirnoment nor activating it. But things get worse when I try to pip install django. CMD tells that unable to create process.
Please help! I am actually stuck with my project.

Happy to say that I have fixed the issue.
Steps followed include :
Uninstalled Python,Deleted Path,Restarted my pc
Downloaded and Installed Python 3.10.2 from the official site.
Upgraded pip
Installed virtualenv using pip install virtualenv
Tested it creating env using - py -m venv "environment name"
pip install django works + started a project and the setup was successful.

First, try to run any python file (not in your project).
If it works, then the problem is with your django project or the env (try to create a new env and move your files to it).
At last, I think you should reinstall python; this will fix the problem I guess.

How to let others run your Python program without installing Python

I made my second program in Python. It's a program that calculates the roots of a quadratic equation. I think it's cool and I want to let my friends use it without having to let them install python.
I heard about Pyinstaller from a friend and I tried this method out: first I typed pip install pyinstaller in cmd. Then I changed directory to the folder that contains the file that I want to share with my friends (it's called vkv.py). Then I entered this command: pyinstaller vkv.py but I got this error: Indexerror: tuple index out of range. Apparently the problem was that I have Python 3.6.0 and Pyinstaller only works with versions up to Python 3.5.
So I had to try another method. Yesterday, I tried cx_Freeze and some other method that I forgot, but both of them failed. Cx_Freeze failed due to me having Python 3.6.0 (same as Pyinstaller) and I don't remember what went wrong with the other method.
My friend (who told me about Pyinstaller) told me to use virtualenv, so I looked up a tutorial on the matter. Looks like I needed to make a virtual environment where I use Python 3.5. So these are the commands that I typed in cmd:
pip install virtualenv
mkdir Environments
cd environments
virtualenv -p C:\Users\hp\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\python.exe py35_env (before entering this command, I installed Python 3.5.0)
C:\Users\hp\Environments\py35_env\Scripts\activate
Now that the environment has been made and activated, I installed Pyinstaller in this environment, with pip install pyinstaller. Then I changed directory to: C:\Users\hp\Desktop\Code\Python testing (which is where the vkv.py file is located at). Then I typed: pyinstaller vkv.py, but now I got a whole bunch of lines, with an error on the last line: ImportError: DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.. Here is a screenshot of it:
Being the curious person that I am, I wanted to know what would happen if I opened another cmd window and tried Pyinstaller again without the environment (so I basically tried the very first method again, listed above). It is strange that I got the same "ImportError" and not the "IndexError" from before.
So now my questions are (ranked from more important to less important):
what can I do to let my friends run the Python file without having to install Python?
What does this ImportError mean and how can I fix it?
What happened there with the last time that I tried pyinstaller vkv.py in cmd outside of the environment? Why did it give me an ImportError and not the IndexError, which is what I got when I first tried to run this command?
Sorry to make this a long post, but I like to give a lot of information because I'm afraid that I might leave something important out.
Thanks in advance for any kind of help!

As you want to use Python 3.6, you can't use Pyinstaller, py2exe, cx_Freeze or others. However, there is a tool called Transcrypt and it's compatible with Python 3.6. It can be installed with pip: pip install transcrypt, and converts Python code into JavaScript. To use it open the console and type transcrypt vkv.py.
It automatically generates a folder, __javascript__, and files on it. When transcript ends, you are ready to use it with html.
(Assuming the .html is in the same directory as the .py and the folder)
<html>
<head>
<title>Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="./__javascript__/vkv.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
You can use the html as an executable (depending on your program, here is the documentation) by running it with your browser.

Try removing 3.6 and installing 3.5.3 from python.org.
Retry with Pyinstaller.

Try using py2exe, it's a python module.
Its really simple all you need to do is:
Download and install it http://sourceforge.net/projects/py2exe/files/
Create your setup.py
Run your setup.py
Here's a site that will explain it more in detail http://inventwithpython.com/appendixc.html

I am able to use pyinstaller in my Python 3.6 environment. You need to download the zip file for Development Release (unstable) and instead of using pip, run the setup.py file from downloaded pyinstaller code.

How to get Django classifieds running on my local server

I am starting on a project for classified ad listing site and found a template to get me started.
The installation instruction on git are not clear to me.
I created virtual env and installed dependencies using pip but I can't finish the installation process: manage.py runserver could not be executed and showed "could not find module sorl.thumbnail".
I think there is some error due to folder structure but cannot figure out what. Any ideas?
This is my folder structure.

It seems that the dependency sorl.thumbnail is not (successfully) installed.
Try running pip install sorl-thumbnail==11.05.2. That should install the module (in the version required by django-classifieds according to the requirements.txt). Check the output for any errors.
Also, make sure that you are using the right environment.

My only guess is that you either forgot to install sorl.thumbnail or that it is in a separate environment than django-classifieds. To add it manually, download the zip from the specified URL, extract the zip, and, in a command prompt/terminal in the directory you extracted the zip into, and run python setup.py build and python setup.py install.

Django-admin.py not being recognized suddenly

I tried starting a new Django project yesterday but when I did "django-admin.py startproject projectname" I got an error stating: "django-admin.py is not recognized as an internal or external command." The strange thing is, when I first installed Django, I made a few projects and everything worked fine. But now after going back a few months later it has suddenly stopped working.
I've tried looking around for an answer and all I could find is that this typically has to do with the system path settings, however, I know that I have the proper paths set up so I don't understand what's happening. Does anybody have any idea what's going on?

First check the django was installed properly.
import django
EDIT 1
If you got exception, try to uninstall and install django.
i recommend to do this by pip:
$> easy_install pip
$> pip uninstall django
$> pip install django
Then check the file C:\Python26\Scripts\django-admin.py exists.
you may replace c:\python26 by your local python installation path.
if you not found the file, so uninstall and install django, see EDIT 1 above.
then add C:\Python26 and C:\Python26\Scripts to your path. see here
From python documents:
to the current setting for the PATH environment variable, which you will find in the properties window of “My Computer” under the “Advanced” tab. Note that if you have sufficient privilege you might get a choice of installing the settings either for the Current User or for System. The latter is preferred if you want everybody to be able to run Python on the machine.

i am totally new to coding, so pardon my amateur answers.
I had similar problem - i realized that while my Django was installed on C Drive, my files were saved on D drive and i was trying to run django-admin from D drive in the command prompt which was giving the above error. what worked for me was the following
Located the Django-admin.exe and django-admin.py file which was in below path
C:\Users[Username]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Scripts>
copied both these files into the D drive folder where i was trying to create new projects
then on the terminal command prompt (which was set to D Drive projects) ran django-admin startproject [filename] and it created a new file [filename]in that folder and this error was resolved

You can try with following code
py -m django startproject add_your_project_name_here

As per this link you may try,
python -m django <command> [options].
Where python is the version of the python you are using.
Usage python -m django startproject <projectname>.

Can't install python modules

I have a problem with the following command:
setup.py install.
I know it should work, I have tried it on a laptop but I don't have access to it at the moment. I need to complete a homework so I tried the same on my PC. And when I type the same command into cmd it just runs pyscripter as if I would use right click on setup.py and click edit with pyscripter. It does nothing else. I am sure that I am in the right folder in cmd.
My python version is 2.7 and my pyscripter version is v2.5.3. My OS is win7. I have tried to install other modules but I get the same response.
Has anyone encountered the same problem? I have searched the internet but I haven't found any answers to this problem.

Assuming that you installed Python 2.7 in the default folder i.e. c:\python27, then you can type:
c:\python27\python setup.py install
Wherever you installed it, you should append that path to your PATH variable (you'll need to log on as an admin to do that).

Do python setup.py install instead.
Windows is probably not set up to recognize .py files as executable.

Recently our class at school used all of the above programs. about a handful of students had trouble installing like you described. Fortunally I didnt not have this problen but I can suggest you use Administration priviledges.
Make sure you download the correct version.
Go to your download folder and look at the file you have downloaded (do this via my computer not from your web browser)
Right click on the file and then click run as an administrator

Here is an awesome site for windows binaries: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
If the library you need is there, just download and install like any other windows program...