[spambayes-bugs] [ spambayes-Bugs-941639 ] Module 'pywintypes' isn't in frozen sys.path directories

Tue May 4 02:54:44 EDT 2004

Bugs item #941639, was opened at 2004-04-25 01:42
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Category: Outlook
Group: 	Binary 1.0b1
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 9
Submitted By: mrpowell (mrpowell)
Assigned to: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Summary: Module 'pywintypes' isn't in frozen sys.path directories

Initial Comment:
Unable to register addin in Outlook 2000 SR1 
9.0.0.5414 / Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.2222 A.  

I uninstalled the Spambayes-outlook-0081 because I 
could never get it to register as an addin. (consistent 
error) and tried the latest release 1.0b1 and it failed  
also. I ran regsvr32.exe outlook_addin.dll   as described 
in the trouble shooting guide and the windows error was 
that it could not locate a file to execute. This is the 
same error I get every time I try to install. I purged all 
references to spambayes from the registry before trying 
the latest fresh install.  This is the log from the latest 
two failed attempts with 1.0.b1:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "addin.py", line 33, in ?
  File "win32com\__init__.pyc", line 6, in ?
  File "C:\PROGRAM 
FILES\SPAMBAYES\lib\spambayes.zip\pythoncom.pyc", 
line 2, in ?
    #@c
  File "C:\PROGRAM 
FILES\SPAMBAYES\lib\spambayes.zip\pywintypes.pyc", 
line 69, in ?

  File "C:\PROGRAM 
FILES\SPAMBAYES\lib\spambayes.zip\pywintypes.pyc", 
line 45, in __import_pywin32_system_module__

ImportError: Module 'pywintypes' isn't in frozen sys.path 
directories

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "addin.py", line 33, in ?
  File "win32com\__init__.pyc", line 6, in ?
  File "C:\PROGRAM 
FILES\SPAMBAYES\lib\spambayes.zip\pythoncom.pyc", 
line 2, in ?
    #@c
  File "C:\PROGRAM 
FILES\SPAMBAYES\lib\spambayes.zip\pywintypes.pyc", 
line 69, in ?

  File "C:\PROGRAM 
FILES\SPAMBAYES\lib\spambayes.zip\pywintypes.pyc", 
line 45, in __import_pywin32_system_module__

ImportError: Module 'pywintypes' isn't in frozen sys.path 
directories

 my paths: 
C:\Program Files\SpamBayes
D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Outlook.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
C:\WINDOWS\Profiles\Marc Powell\Application 
Data\Microsoft\Outlook

  What is a 'pywintypes' module and where is it located?
  Which of my sys.path directories do I have to stick in 
the freezer  before I can copy the 'pywintypes' module 
into it?

Any help will be greatly appreciated as this has become 
a personal challenge.

Marc Powell

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>Comment By: mrpowell (mrpowell)
Date: 2004-05-04 02:54

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I performed another clean install of a fresh download of 1.0b1 
which resulted in the exact exception as before 
(Module 'pywintypes' isn't in frozen sys.path directories).
The file, pywintypes23.dll. is in the "lib" 
subdirectory. See the attached file,  "c program files 
SpamBayes.txt"; a printout of the c program files SpamBayes 
directory. Also attached is the only 
OUTLOOK_ADDIN_REGISTER.EXE.log for this install.

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Comment By: Kenny Pitt (kpitt)
Date: 2004-05-03 13:05

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The problem is not a corrupted pywintypes.pyc.  The 
pywintypes.pyc must be running correctly for you to get 
the "isn't in frozen sys.path" exception.  The purpose of 
the .pyc file is to locate and load a related DLL file, which in 
the case of the SpamBayes install should be named 
pywintypes23.dll.  This file should be installed in the "lib" 
subdirectory of your SpamBayes installation.

Could you attach a directory listing of the files in the 
SpamBayes "lib" directory?  If possible, also attach any 
SpamBayes log files you can find as describe in the 
Troubleshooting Guide.

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Comment By: mrpowell (mrpowell)
Date: 2004-05-02 23:30

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Thank you anadelonbrin for responding.
I do not have Python installed. 
Why would the pywintypes.pyc file cause a problem on each 
and every install from a number of different (fresh) downloads 
from different mirrors, especially with a total registry crawl to 
remove all traces of the previous install? 
"You could try running the plug-in from source and seeing if
that works" what do you mean "from source"? 
Can I replace the pywintypes.pyc file with a known good file?

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Comment By: Tony Meyer (anadelonbrin)
Date: 2004-05-02 23:01

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The pywintypes module is a file that should be in the
spambayes.zip file in the lib directory where spambayes was
installed.

It's not necessarily a path issue, because the file that's
raising the error is the pywintypes.pyc file itself.

Do you have Python installed by any chance?  If so, is it
the build from python.org or the ActiveState one (or another
one)?

You could try running the plug-in from source and seeing if
that works.

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