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Asked: 2026-06-06T02:36:20+00:00

I wanted to use winreg module of python for working with windows registry. But

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I wanted to use winreg module of python for working with windows registry.
But when I try to import winreg module, it gives ImportError.

Python 2.4.3 (#1, Dec 11 2006, 11:39:03) 
[GCC 4.1.1 20061130 (Red Hat 4.1.1-43)] on linux2
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>>> import __winreg
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: No module named __winreg
>>> import _winreg
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: No module named _winreg

Do I need to install this module separately ?
Any suggestions would be useful.

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    It can’t work on Linux.

    _winreg – Windows registry access

    Availability: Windows.

    New in version 2.0. These functions expose the Windows registry API to
    Python. Instead of using an integer as the registry handle, a handle
    object is used to ensure that the handles are closed correctly, even
    if the programmer neglects to explicitly close them.

    This module exposes a very low-level interface to the Windows
    registry; it is expected that in the future a new winreg module will
    be created offering a higher-level interface to the registry API.

    source: http://docs.python.org/release/2.1.2/lib/module–winreg.html

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