[python-win32] pywin32 service startup error (sys.winver issue?)

[Tim Golden]

On 23/01/2013 15:45, Jean Rousseau wrote:
> Here's the background - platform is Win 2003 Server x86:
> 1. My test machine was running Python 3.2.3 / pywin32 build 217 and all
> was well with the service classes that I wrote and tested.
> 2. I then installed Python 3.3.0 and pywin32 build 218.
> 3. I uninstalled pywin32-b217 and Python 3.2.3 and deleted the subdirs.
> 4. Rebooted the server.
> 5. I copied my service code to the server and installed my service class
> (ie. <service> install), which completed fine.
> 
> However, the service fails immediately upon startup with the following
> failure:
> /The instance's SvcRun() method failed /
> /Traceback (most recent call last):/
> /  File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\win32\lib\win32serviceutil.py",
> line 834, in SvcRun/
> /    self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_RUNNING)/
> /  File "C:\Python33\lib\site-packages\win32\lib\win32serviceutil.py",
> line 797, in ReportServiceStatus/
> /    win32service.SetServiceStatus( self.ssh, status)/
> /tuple: (13, 'SetServiceStatus', 'The data is invalid.') /
> /%2: %3/

I can run a trivial service successfully with Python 3.3 / pywin32 218
on Windows 7. So the combination isn't fatal; might be Win2k3, I suppose.

TJG