[python-win32] Access is denied

[Victor Uriarte]

Have you tried using PY2.7.5 with pywin32 223?

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 6:01 PM Tom Kacvinsky <tom.kacvinsky at vectorcast.com>
wrote:

> I filed a github issue (#1331), but reading through the other issues, it
> became apparent I should use this mailing list instead.  Here is a synopsis
> of the problem (cut and paste from the github issue).
>
>
>    - Expected behavior and actual behavior.
>
> using Python 2.7.5 for 32-bit Windows, using pywin32 219, we do not see an
> error loading a COM object. However, for Python 2.7.14 with pywin32 223, we
> get the following error message
>
> ERROR: failed to create the foo COM application object.
> (-2147024891, 'Access is denied.', None, None)
>
> The interesting thing is that for Python 2.7.14/pywin32 223, if the user
> switches accounts, the problem goes away. Given the error above, I suspect
> pywin32 has become more stringent in terms of checking permissions, either
> by design or by using a different underlying system library, or perhaps an
> updated system library.
>
>    - Steps to reproduce the problem.
>
> I need to get this information from the field engineer I am working with -
> it might be complicated as this is proprietary code I am working with. Are
> there any variables (within Python or an environment variable) I can set to
> trace exactly where the error is happening? If there is, that might help me
> come up with a reproducer.
>
>    - Version of Python and pywin32
>
> Python 2.7.14
> pywin32 223
>
> I also need to find out the version of Windows being (7/8/10, is it a
> server version, etc...)
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