title: Python Playsound Error 261 for command: The driver cannot recognize the specified command
body: <p>Please help to solve this error:</p>
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; from playsound import playsound
  &gt;&gt;&gt; playsound('C:\\Users\\Rohit\\Desktop\\Python\\file.mp3')
  </code></pre>
  <p>Result from Terminal:</p>
  <pre><code>PS C:\Users\Rohit\Desktop\Python&gt; &amp; C:/Users/Rohit/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38/python.exe c:/Users/Rohit/Desktop/Python/2Python.py
  
      Error 261 for command:
  
          open &quot;C:\Users\Rohit\Desktop\Python\file.mp3&quot;
  
      The driver cannot recognize the specified command.
  
      Error 261 for command:
  
          close &quot;C:\Users\Rohit\Desktop\Python\file.mp3&quot;
  
      The driver cannot recognize the specified command.
  
  Failed to close the file:
  
   &quot;C:\Users\Rohit\Desktop\Python\file.mp3&quot;
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File &quot;c:/Users/Rohit/Desktop/Python/2Python.py&quot;, line 3, in &lt;module&gt;
      playsound('C:\\Users\\Rohit\\Desktop\\Python\\file.mp3')
    File &quot;C:\Users\Rohit\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\playsound.py&quot;, line 72, in _playsoundWin
     winCommand(u'open {}'.format(sound)) 
  File &quot;C:\Users\Rohit\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\playsound.py&quot;, line 64, in winCommand
      raise PlaysoundException(exceptionMessage)
  playsound.PlaysoundException:
    
  Error 261 for command:
          
          open &quot;C:\Users\Rohit\Desktop\Python\file.mp3&quot;
       
     The driver cannot recognize the specified command.
  </code></pre>