[python-win32] Installing pywin32 for Python 2.7 AMD64

[Ferdinand Sousa]

Hi List,

First off, it's good to be back after 3 years!!

I was dusting off some old scripts I had written using pywin32. (Python 2.5
era I think). It uses the win32con and win32api modules.

Now I'm trying to use the same scripts with Python 2.7 AMD64 version.

I downloaded pywin32-217.win-amd64-py2.7.exe from the sourceforge site and
installed it. At the end, I see the following message:
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Postinstall script finished
Click the Finish button to exit the setup wizard

close failed in file object destructor:
sys.excepthook is missing
lost sys.stderr
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Then, I tried importing win32con and it works. But, when I tried importing
win32api, win32gui I get the error message:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#3>", line 1, in <module>
    import win32api, win32gui
ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
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So I uninstalled pywin32 and tried installing it from source. But alas, I
again hit a roadblock:

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C:\Users\ferdinand\Downloads\pywin32-217>c:\Python27\python.exe setup.py
install
Building pywin32 2.7.217.0
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 1944, in <module>
    """ % dirs).split(),
  File "setup.py", line 603, in __init__
    if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(sdk_dir, "include", "activdbg.h")):
  File "c:\Python27\lib\ntpath.py", line 96, in join
    assert len(path) > 0
TypeError: object of type 'NoneType' has no len()

C:\Users\ferdinand\Downloads\pywin32-217>
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Any pointers?

Thanks in advance,
Ferdi
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