[issue41862] can not open file in system folder

2020-09-25 Thread Eryk Sun
Eryk Sun added the comment: > File "c:\users\chris\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32 > \lib\runpy.py", line 194, in _run_module_as_main You have to use 64-bit Python in order to load a 64-bit DLL from the native "%SystemRoot%\System32" directory. The fact that the installation

[issue41862] can not open file in system folder

2020-09-25 Thread Christopher Reilly
New submission from Christopher Reilly : I am trying to load a Windows dll "ibfs64.dll" located in the C:\Windows\System32 folder: ctypes.windll.LoadLibrary('ibfs64.dll') When I attempt this call with Python 3.8.5 downloaded from python.org, the call fails with > FileNotFoundError: