py2exe -> error in PYTHON23.DLL

[Grant Edwards]

On 2004-07-03, RPM1 <rpm1deleteme at direcway.com> wrote:
>
> "Grant Edwards" <grante at visi.com> wrote in message
> news:slrncebbqt.35h.grante at grante.rivatek.com...
>> Using py2exe under WinMe, I bundled up a python program
>> containing a single line:
>>
>> print "hello world"
>>
>> When I zip up the dist directory and move it to another WinMe
>> machine, trying to run hello.exe either reboots or pops up a
>> dialog box that says
>>
>>   Hello has caused an error in PYTHON23.DLL
>>   Hello will now close
>>
>>   If you continue to experience problems,
>>   try restarting your computer.
>>
>> Any ideas on what the problem might be?
>
> I had a problem with py2exe on WinMe & Win98 because
> it needed a unicode extension called unicows.  That fixed it.

AFAICT, it's py2exe that needs unicows.dll, not the resulting
application package.  IOW, you need unicows.dll on the
development machine but not on the target machines.

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