I'm using nipype for an image processing project. My python version is 3.6, and I got this error File "D:\softwares\Annoconda3\lib\site- packages\nipype\interfaces\base\core.py", line 750, in run_command close_fds=False, File "D:\softwares\Annoconda3\lib\subprocess.py", line 709, in __init__ restore_signals, start_new_session) File "D:\softwares\Annoconda3\lib\subprocess.py", line 997, in _execute_child startupinfo) TypeError: environment can only contain strings} Here are the codes that cause the error: def _execute_child(self, args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds, pass_fds, cwd, env, startupinfo, creationflags, shell, p2cread, p2cwrite, c2pread, c2pwrite, errread, errwrite, unused_restore_signals, unused_start_new_session): """Execute program (MS Windows version)""" assert not pass_fds, "pass_fds not supported on Windows." if not isinstance(args, str): args = list2cmdline(args) # Process startup details if startupinfo is None: startupinfo = STARTUPINFO() if -1 not in (p2cread, c2pwrite, errwrite): startupinfo.dwFlags |= _winapi.STARTF_USESTDHANDLES startupinfo.hStdInput = p2cread startupinfo.hStdOutput = c2pwrite startupinfo.hStdError = errwrite if shell: startupinfo.dwFlags |= _winapi.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW startupinfo.wShowWindow = _winapi.SW_HIDE comspec = os.environ.get("COMSPEC", "cmd.exe") args = '{} /c "{}"'.format (comspec, args) # Start the process try: hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args, # no special security None, None, int(not close_fds), creationflags, env, os.fspath(cwd) if cwd is not None else None, startupinfo) Can anyone help me with this problem? Continue reading...