This is the place to ask questions right? [image: Capture.PNG] On Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 4:09:26 AM UTC-7 Casey Ladtkow wrote:
> Hello All, > > I recently encountered an error that took me a while to figure out. I now > have things working but requires modifying the Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest > file. Can someone help me figure out how to get the package process to work > without the manual modification? Here is what happens: > > I am packaging my PyQt5 application using PyInstaller version 4.7. The > packaged application runs fine on my development computer but when I try to > run on the target machine I get this error: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "AMT2_Main.py", line 17, in <module> > File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module > File "flircam\__init__.py", line 1, in <module> > File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module > File "flircam\flirCam.py", line 1, in <module> > File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module > File "PySpin\__init__.py", line 18, in <module> > File "PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 476, in exec_module > File "PySpin\PySpin.py", line 13, in <module> > ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _PySpin: The application has > failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. > Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe > tool for more detail. > > I took the advice given above and used sxstrace.exe and found the > following error: > > INFO: Manifest Definition Identity is > Microsoft.VC80.CRT,processorArchitecture="amd64",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="8.0.50727.9659". > ERROR: Line 17: The application element is not allowed in the > component manifest. > > After a little digging I found that the manifest contains: > > <application xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3"> > <windowsSettings> > <longPathAware xmlns=" > http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings > ">true</longPathAware> > </windowsSettings> > </application> > > I deleted this section and the problem went away. I also tried replacing > it with the Microsoft recommended: > > <application xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3"> <windowsSettings > xmlns:ws2="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings";> > <ws2:longPathAware>true</ws2:longPathAware> </windowsSettings> > </application> > > Both of these solutions worked. Any ideas on how to fix this would be > helpful. > > Thanks! > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PyInstaller" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pyinstaller/560b0c21-c897-44a7-9ea9-d672114e76a0n%40googlegroups.com.
