Act.Python build100: win32ui.pyd error

[Kees de Laat]

<gosselina at dfo-mpo.gc.ca> writes in 8pp0sm$rn5$1 at nnrp1.deja.com...
> Every attempt to start Pythonwin installed through Active Python 1.6
> Build 100 on my Win95 platform failed with this message:
> "The application can not locate win32ui.pyd(31).
>  A device attached to the system is not functionning".
>
> PATH includes the Python directory. Python starts OK though.
>
> Same problem with win32all-133.exe installed over final release of CNRI
> Python 1.6.
>
> I did not have this problem with win32all-131.exe.
>
> Any help someone ?
>

This is no help, only a confirmation that you're not the
only one having this problem.
I get the same error on my Win95 system after de-installing
Python 1.5.2 and win32all-132 and installing Python 2.0b1
and win32all-134.
The following session shows that the problem is not really
in locating the file but that the OS somehow fails to actually
load this particular DLL on our systems. Another DLL
(e.g. mmapfile.pyd) loads without problems!

-------------------------- start of session ------------------------------
Microsoft(R) Windows 95
   (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1996.

C:\WINDOWS>c:\python20\python
Python 2.0b1 (#4, Sep  7 2000, 02:40:55) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import os
>>> print os.stat('c:\\python20\\pythonwin\\win32ui.pyd')
(33206, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 634940, 969055200, 968406264, 968969031)
>>> print os.stat('c:\\python20\\win32\\mmapfile.pyd')
(33206, 0, 2, 1, 0, 0, 24633, 969055200, 968406230, 968969019)
>>> import win32api
>>> z=win32api.LoadLibrary('c:\\python20\\win32\\mmapfile.pyd')
>>> z=win32api.LoadLibrary('c:\\python20\\pythonwin\\win32ui.pyd')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
pywintypes.api_error: (31, 'LoadLibrary', 'A device attached to the system
 is not functioning.')
>>>
-------------------------- end of session --------------------------------

Still needing help...

-- Kees
   kdelaat at compuserve.com