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'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

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Receiving below errors when starting Splunk.

Windows Server 2012R2

Splunk 7.3.3

Checking configuration... Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\e
tc\datetime.xml':
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\searchLanguage.xml':
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\modules\input\exec\config.xml':

'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\modules\input\fschangemanager\c
onfig.xml':
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\modules\input\RemoteQueue\confi
g.xml':
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\modules\input\stashparsing\conf
ig.xml':
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\modules\input\structuredparsing
\config.xml':
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\modules\input\tailfile\config.x
ml':
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\modules\input\TCP\config.xml':
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\modules\input\UDP\config.xml':
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\modules\input\wineventlog\confi
g.xml':
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\modules\input\winparsing\config
.xml':
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\modules\internal\scheduler\conf
ig.xml':
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\modules\parsing\config.xml':
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\myinstall\splunkd.xml':
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\system\default\data\ui\views\jo
b_management.xml':
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\system\default\data\ui\views\_a
dmin.xml':
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\system\static\cliDirectory.xml'
:
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\system\static\cliMaster.xml':
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'

Error while parsing 'C:\Program Files\Splunk\etc\system\static\splunkrc_cmds.xml
':
'module' object has no attribute 'parse'


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Would you like to ignore these errors? [y/n]:y

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