Re: [python-win32] Relevance of very outdated `Pythonwin/pywin/idle`

2024-01-12 Thread Mark Hammond
Some of those modules are actually used by pythonwin, particularly by pywin/scintilla - so while I agree the ability to update them is questionable, I don't think just killing the directory makes sense. Did you try to remove it? I'd be surprised if Pythonwin continues to work in that scenario.

[python-win32] Relevance of very outdated `Pythonwin/pywin/idle`

2024-01-12 Thread Samuel Therrien
Hi! I recently had to do a deep dive into https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32/tree/main/Pythonwin/pywin/idle as part of a previous PR. See comment: https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32/pull/2102#discussion_r1380422005 Of course it is extremely outdated, but I think the interesting part is that

Re: [python-win32] PythonService was unable to locate the service manager

2024-01-12 Thread Mark Hammond
On 2024-01-11 5:46 p.m., Jacob Nolan via python-win32 wrote: I performed a custom install for all users on my E: drive (E:/installs/python3). Added it to the path. It is not under my specific user account. My understanding is this is a global install. What exactly is E:? If anything other th

Re: [python-win32] PythonService was unable to locate the service manager

2024-01-12 Thread Jacob Nolan via python-win32
I performed a custom install for all users on my E: drive (E:/installs/python3). Added it to the path. It is not under my specific user account. My understanding is this is a global install. I then run it under administrator privileged cmd and successfully install the service. Looking at sec