Trouble shoot Pymapdl launch error

[vinothirudayanathan]

I'm using ansys students version..
and finding difficulty in using pymapdl

while input this code:

from ansys.mapdl.core import launch_mapdl
mapdl = launch_mapdl()
print(mapdl)

Im getting this error:

Cached ANSYS executable not found
You are about to enter manually the path of the ANSYS MAPDL executable (ansysXXX, where XXX is the versionThis file is very likely to contained in path ending in 'vXXX/ansys/bin/ansysXXX', but it is not required.

If you experience problems with the input path you can overwrite the configuration file by typing:
>>> from ansys.mapdl.core.launcher import save_ansys_path
>>> save_ansys_path('/new/path/to/executable/')

Enter the location of an ANSYS executable (ansysXXX):

[mikerife]

Hi @vinothirudayanathan Discussion 1288 seems to be on the same issue: #1288

Mike