I have been trying out the latest release of Python, 3.8.0, but when I try to use it I get the following error message:

Code:
[P]     error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Return code 7100
        unable to initialize or release Python environment
        Stata attempted to initialize the Python environment but there
        was a problem which occurred when loading the dynamically
        linked library.  Error 7100 also arises when failing to free
        the library when exiting Stata if the Python environment has
        been initialized.
Code:
. python search
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 Python environments found:  
 C:\Python38\python.exe
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. query python
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    Python settings
      set python_exec      C:\Python38\python.exe
      set python_userpath  

. python describe
r(7100);

. python
r(7100);
Are there any additional configuration steps that I need?

I had no problem with Python 3.7.

Thank you,
Martyn

Stata 16 IC, 64 bit