Problem running StrToComposition featurizer using Spyder IDE

As in title, I’m encountering the following Runtime Error, while trying to featurize in Spyder IDE (the whole thing goes smoothly in jupyter notebook).

Below the code and the error, has anybody encountered the same?

from matminer.featurizers.conversions import StrToComposition
from multiprocessing import Process, freeze_support
from matminer.featurizers.composition import ElementProperty

from matminer.featurizers.conversions import StrToComposition
from multiprocessing import Process, freeze_support
from matminer.featurizers.composition import ElementProperty
import numpy as np
import tqdm
import pandas as pd
from preprocess_datasets import clean_MPDS_dataset, remove_correlated_features, preprocessing


df = pd.read_csv('./datasets/data.csv', index_col=0)
stc = StrToComposition()
el = ElementProperty.from_preset('magpie')

df = stc.featurize_dataframe(df, 'formula', ignore_errors = True)



StrToComposition:   0%|          | 0/6229 [00:00<?, ?it/s]C:\Users\hp\Desktop\PHD\Projects\MY_MODELS\TCOPredictor\preprocess_datasets.py:6: FutureWarning: The default value of regex will change from True to False in a future version. In addition, single character regular expressions will *not* be treated as literal strings when regex=True.
  df['formula'] = df['formula'].str.replace('[','')
C:\Users\hp\Desktop\PHD\Projects\MY_MODELS\TCOPredictor\preprocess_datasets.py:7: FutureWarning: The default value of regex will change from True to False in a future version. In addition, single character regular expressions will *not* be treated as literal strings when regex=True.
  df['formula'] = df['formula'].str.replace(']','')
StrToComposition:   0%|          | 0/6229 [00:00<?, ?it/s]Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\multiprocessing\spawn.py", line 116, in spawn_main
    exitcode = _main(fd, parent_sentinel)
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\multiprocessing\spawn.py", line 125, in _main
    prepare(preparation_data)
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\multiprocessing\spawn.py", line 236, in prepare
    _fixup_main_from_path(data['init_main_from_path'])
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\multiprocessing\spawn.py", line 287, in _fixup_main_from_path
    main_content = runpy.run_path(main_path,
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\runpy.py", line 265, in run_path
    return _run_module_code(code, init_globals, run_name,
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\runpy.py", line 97, in _run_module_code
    _run_code(code, mod_globals, init_globals,
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "C:\Users\hp\Desktop\PHD\Projects\MY_MODELS\TCOPredictor\elecond_trainer.py", line 21, in <module>
    df = stc.featurize_dataframe(df, 'formula', ignore_errors = True)
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\site-packages\matminer\featurizers\conversions.py", line 90, in featurize_dataframe
    return super().featurize_dataframe(df, col_id, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\site-packages\matminer\featurizers\base.py", line 339, in featurize_dataframe
    features = self.featurize_many(
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\site-packages\matminer\featurizers\base.py", line 465, in featurize_many
    with Pool(self.n_jobs) as p:
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\multiprocessing\context.py", line 119, in Pool
    return Pool(processes, initializer, initargs, maxtasksperchild,
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\multiprocessing\pool.py", line 212, in __init__
    self._repopulate_pool()
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\multiprocessing\pool.py", line 303, in _repopulate_pool
    return self._repopulate_pool_static(self._ctx, self.Process,
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\multiprocessing\pool.py", line 326, in _repopulate_pool_static
    w.start()
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\multiprocessing\process.py", line 121, in start
    self._popen = self._Popen(self)
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\multiprocessing\context.py", line 327, in _Popen
    return Popen(process_obj)
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\multiprocessing\popen_spawn_win32.py", line 45, in __init__
    prep_data = spawn.get_preparation_data(process_obj._name)
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\multiprocessing\spawn.py", line 154, in get_preparation_data
    _check_not_importing_main()
  File "C:\Users\hp\anaconda3\envs\MLforChemistry\lib\multiprocessing\spawn.py", line 134, in _check_not_importing_main
    raise RuntimeError('''
RuntimeError: 
        An attempt has been made to start a new process before the
        current process has finished its bootstrapping phase.

        This probably means that you are not using fork to start your
        child processes and you have forgotten to use the proper idiom
        in the main module:

            if __name__ == '__main__':
                freeze_support()
                ...

        The "freeze_support()" line can be omitted if the program
        is not going to be frozen to produce an executable.
StrToComposition:   0%|          | 0/6229 [00:00<?, ?it/s]

Hmm, this looks like it is some weird thing going on with Spider IDE and multiprocessing, which i remember being a problem before. If speed it not an issue, you may try using .set_n_jobs(1) in any featurizer to force a single job (no multiprocessing). Let me know if that works for you