dll load errors in python executable made from pywin32

Question

I created python executables with py2exe with both 64bit python interpreter and 32 bit python interpreter.

In my program, I use the module pywin32 com, and

Answer 1

Older than everything ever, but I stumbled on this problem today, and if anyone else does, what I ran was:

python /c/Python26/Scripts/pywin32_postinstall.py -install from the commandline (change values to fit). That worked:

$ python /c/Python26/Scripts/pywin32_postinstall.py -install
Copied pythoncom26.dll to C:\WINDOWS\system32\pythoncom26.dll
Copied pythoncomloader26.dll to C:\WINDOWS\system32\pythoncomloader26.dll
Copied pywintypes26.dll to C:\WINDOWS\system32\pywintypes26.dll
Registered: Python.Interpreter
Registered: Python.Dictionary
Registered: Python
-> Software\Python\PythonCore\2.6\Help[None]=None
-> Software\Python\PythonCore\2.6\Help\PythonwinReference[None]='c:\\Python26\\Lib\\site-packages\\PyWin32.chm'
Pythonwin has been registered in context menu
Creating directory c:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py
Shortcut for Pythonwin created
Shortcut to documentation created
The pywin32 extensions were successfully installed.`

(On WinXP SP3)

Answer 2

Had the above noted errors with my python27 pywin32 installation that got installed after my installation of ArcGIS on a windows2008 R2 server (trying to centralize our scripts). Found that for me, I had to start a command line window with run as adminstrator (right click to get that option in windows) and then run the following command line from the c:\arcpy27\arcgis10.1>python c:/arcpy27/arcgis10.1/scripts/pywin32_postinstall.py -install

I see a lot of people have run into this issue and I tried multiple things, but this was finally the solution that managed to get pywin32 installed.

Thanks so much for your solution. Took me a couple of install and uninstalls before I finally ran across your solution and modified it for my version.