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Asked: 2026-05-27T15:47:10+00:00

Command @D:\Program Files\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django\bin\django-admin.py startproject mysite causes error 183 without any useful information. System path

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Command

@"D:\Program Files\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django\bin\django-admin.py" startproject mysite

causes error 183 without any useful information. System path is set properly. What I need to do?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Windows error 183 means that a file already exists. Your project (or something that django is trying to create) is already there.

    I can reproduce the error by creating the same project twice in a row: 

    C:\TestFolder>django-admin.py startproject error183project

    Now, do it a second time: 

    C:\TestFolder>django-admin.py startproject error183project
Error: [Error 183] Cannot create a file when that file already exists: 'C:\\TestFolder\\error183project'
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