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<DIV>the trick was to remove the gen_py folder from the win32com/client directory. Then I was also not including win32com in the 'packages' option in my setup.py. Including this solved my issues. I can now install on a machine and win32com will create the gen_py files in the appdata folder.</DIV>
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<DIV>thanks for those who offered advice,</DIV>
<DIV>Jeff<BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 2/12/10, Preston Landers <I><planders@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv1736678330>I don't know if this will work but one workaround may be to set a registry key:<BR><BR>HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Python\\PythonCore\\2.6\\PythonPath\\win32com<BR><BR>The key is GenPath and the value would be a writable location. See win32com/__init__.py SetupEnvironment().<BR><BR>You could also look at pre-generating the files in question with makepy.py and including those in the executable. I don't have much experience with packaging an app into the executable format.<BR><BR>-Preston<BR><BR>
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<DIV>hi, yes I can personally do that on my computer but it is not a good solution for my users to require an administrator to grant acces every time they want to launch the software. So I will need a more permanent fix. </DIV>
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<DIV>Is it a significant task to redirect these files to the application data folder or program data folder?</DIV>
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<DIV>thanks,</DIV>
<DIV>Jeff<BR><BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 2/12/10, Preston Landers <I><<A href="http://us.mc431.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=planders@gmail.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:planders@gmail.com">planders@gmail.com</A>></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=im><BR>Subject: Re: [python-win32] permissions error<BR></DIV>To: "Jeff Peery" <<A href="http://us.mc431.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=jeffpeery@yahoo.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:jeffpeery@yahoo.com">jeffpeery@yahoo.com</A>><BR>Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 7:24 PM
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<DIV>Have you tried manually granting a write permission for your user to that directory? <BR>-Preston<BR><BR>
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<DIV>hello,</DIV>
<DIV>yes, I am using 64 bit vista. and I am using py2exe to distribute my app. At the moment I'm dead in the water unti lI resolve this issue. Does anyone know of a quick fix?</DIV>
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<DIV>thanks,</DIV>
<DIV>Jeff<BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 2/12/10, Tim Roberts <I><<A href="http://us.mc431.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=timr@probo.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank>timr@probo.com</A>></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Tim Roberts <<A href="http://us.mc431.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=timr@probo.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank>timr@probo.com</A>><BR>Subject: Re: [python-win32] permissions error<BR>To: "Python-Win32 List" <<A href="http://us.mc431.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=python-win32@python.org" rel=nofollow target=_blank>python-win32@python.org</A>><BR>Date: Friday, February 12, 2010, 10:37 AM
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<DIV>Dave Angel wrote:<BR>> 2) Are you running a 64bit version of Vista?<BR><BR>Yes, he is. The path "Program Files (x86)" is prima facie evidence of<BR>this. He's running 32-bit Python on a 64-bit system. And that's just fine.<BR><BR><BR>> 3) What do you mean by "compile" and "compiled executable"?<BR><BR>It means he has used something like "py2exe" to turn his Python code<BR>into an executable.<BR><BR>This is a real problem, and one that pywin32 probably needs to address. <BR>On Vista and beyond, the "Program Files" directories are not writable by<BR>non-elevated programs. The win32com-generated wrappers need to go<BR>somewhere else, like "Local Settings\Temp" or "Local Settings\Apps".<BR><BR>-- <BR>Tim Roberts, <A href="http://us.mc431.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=timr@probo.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank>timr@probo.com</A><BR>Providenza & Boekelheide,
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