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Asked: 2026-05-29T20:35:55+00:00

I tried to install pywin32 via the 32 bit python 2.6 msi installer and

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I tried to install pywin32 via the 32 bit python 2.6 msi installer and got this error:

error

I have no idea why, so I went and installed python 2.7 and tried again with the pywin32 2.7 installer and got an error that amounted to another error (Sorry for not being more specific, but python 2.7 is now gone from my computer. The error was incredibly vague and had “Error:” and then no more text after it if I recall correctly).

I can’t figure out what this error means, however. I wanted to use pyinstaller but it requires pywin32, so after I couldn’t install pywin32 I tried py2exe and got this error:

*** finding dlls needed ***
error: pywintypes26.dll: No such file or directory

So I’m pretty sure I need pywin32. Anyone have any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    As of when I wrote this (Feb’12), IMO Python 2.5 is the most stable version of Python on Windows. I suggest you try re-installing everything on Python 2.5. I use it on Windows 7 and I don’t have any issues whatsoever

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