pythonservice -register

[Larry Bates]

On my machine (Windows XP Pro also ActivePython 2.2)
I get the following:

Registering the Python Service Manager ...

After that everything works as documented.

-Larry


"Olaf Meding" <OlafMeding at compuserve.com> wrote in message
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> What is the pythonservice.exe for?  What does pythonservice.exe really
> do?
>
> I installed and am using ActivePython (on Windows XP).
>
> Working on writing a Windows service in Python.  The "Python
> Programming on Win32" book says I should first register the
> pythonserive.  This does not seem to work (see error below).  However,
> the books SmallestService seems to run anyway.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Olaf
>
> *** Here is the error: ***
> C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\win32>pythonservice /register
> Registering the Python Service Manager...
> Fatal Python error: PyThreadState_Get: no current thread
>
> This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an
> unusual way.
> Please contact the application's support team for more information.