pywin32 201.1 Windows98SE Problem?

Peter Hansen peter at engcorp.com
Sat May 29 21:23:09 EDT 2004


Bob Chapman wrote:

> On two different Windows 98SE Systems, I have attempted to upgrade working
[...]
>  >__import_pywin32_system_module__
>  >    raise ImportError, "Can not locate " + filename
>  >exceptions.ImportError: Can not locate pywintypes23.dll
> 
> On checking, the NEW 'pywintypes23.dll' IS in c:\windows\system
> 
>   > 77824 May 28 11:10 c:\windows\system\pywintypes23.dll
> 
> If this file is copied to C:\Windows then Pythonwin starts without the error
> messages and appears to work.

What happens if you run Python from the command line and type
"import pywintypes"?  In other words, is this a problem with
the Python installation or a problem with the pywin32 installation?
You should learn the answer as a result...

-Peter



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