# Issue with the installation of SimPEG in windows

**URL:** <https://simpeg.discourse.group/t/issue-with-the-installation-of-simpeg-in-windows/489>\
**Category:** Getting Started\
**Created:** [August 8, 2023, 8:50am UTC](https://simpeg.discourse.group/t/issue-with-the-installation-of-simpeg-in-windows/489 "2023-08-08T08:50:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![ndanda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d6d6ee/32.png) [@ndanda](https://simpeg.discourse.group/u/ndanda)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 8:50am UTC](https://simpeg.discourse.group/t/issue-with-the-installation-of-simpeg-in-windows/489/1 "2023-08-08T08:50:07Z")

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Python 3.10.9 | packaged by Anaconda, Inc. | (main, Mar 1 2023, 18:18:15) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)]  
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IPython 8.12.0 – An enhanced Interactive Python.

runfile(‘C:/Users/user/Desktop/SimPEG/tle-magnetotelluric\_inversion-master/tleMT/MT1D.py’, wdir=‘C:/Users/user/Desktop/SimPEG/tle-magnetotelluric\_inversion-master/tleMT’)  
Traceback (most recent call last):

File ~\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder\_kernels\py3compat.py:356 in compat\_exec  
exec(code, globals, locals)

File c:\users\user\desktop\simpeg\tle-magnetotelluric\_inversion-master\tlemt\mt1d.py:1  
from SimPEG import (

ImportError: cannot import name ‘Problem’ from ‘SimPEG’ (C:\Users\user\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\SimPEG\__init_\_.py)

runfile(‘C:/Users/user/Desktop/SimPEG/untitled1.py’, wdir=‘C:/Users/user/Desktop/SimPEG’)  
Traceback (most recent call last):

File ~\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\spyder\_kernels\py3compat.py:356 in compat\_exec  
exec(code, globals, locals)

File c:\users\user\desktop\simpeg\untitled1.py:4  
from …simulation import BaseSimulation

ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package

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**Author:** ![jcapriot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jcapriot](https://simpeg.discourse.group/u/jcapriot)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://simpeg.discourse.group/t/issue-with-the-installation-of-simpeg-in-windows/489/2 "2023-08-08T21:37:19Z")

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You seem to be using a script that is referencing an older version of SimpEG. We no longer use `Problem`. It would also appear that you’re trying to use relative imports within your own script (the `from ...simulation` line) which are only relevant within a package itself.