Can't Start A Python Console In Pycharm

OS:win7 x64 When I click the 'python console' tab, I get the following output. I had successfully started the python console several months ago, but now I can't. 'C:\Program Files\

Solution 1:

Some people have reported a similar issue here: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/PY-7070

To quote the answer:

User was able to fix the problem by changing the DNS server from the local one (provided by the access point) to Google DNS server (8.8.8.8).

It looks like Mac OS Lion and later doesn't use /etc/hosts file first, giving priority to DNS servers, hence it's possible that localhost may not resolve (though, it's unclear why it doesn't fall back to /etc/hosts).