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user3215014
user3215014

Reputation: 147

exe generated from a python script with Py2exe does not work on xp

I have a python script that works fine on my computer (Python 2.7 32 bit installed). It has the following imports :


    import mechanize
    from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
    from Tkinter import *
    import json
    import webbrowser

I wanted to distribute this to others so I found that we can create exe files using py2exe. I wrote a script like this:


    from distutils.core import setup
    import py2exe

    setup(console=['notification.py'],
        options = {'py2exe' : {
            'packages' : ['bs4', 'mechanize','Tkinter', 'json', 'webbrowser']
        }})

This works fine on my computer but when I run it on Windows XP, I get this error - 


    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "notification.py", line 3, in 
      File "Tkinter.pyc", line 38, in 
      File "FixTk.pyc", line 65, in 
      File "_tkinter.pyc", line 12, in 
      File "_tkinter.pyc", line 10, in __load
    ImportError: DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.

I tried searching other threads but found none that has the same problem. So please help me fix this issue.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 634

Answers (2)

user3215014
user3215014

Reputation: 147

Well, I had installed both versions of Python 32 bit and 64 bit in my machine. When I was making it a stand alone probably some dlls were copied from the wrong library. So I completely uninstalled both versions and then installed 32 bit and it worked fine.

Upvotes: 1

George Eco
George Eco

Reputation: 462

Maybe Tinkiter is a 64 bit version GUI, while Windows XP version you run it is 32bit.

Check it out and tell us if that's the case.

Reason I assume this is the line:

ImportError: DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.

combined with the fact that Tinkiter is 64 bit.

Python can be 32 bit. Works on both Operating Systems, 32 and 64 bit ones. But Tinkiter is a GUI, something different than the language. So Including a 64bit add-on, into a 32bit application... can cause some trouble. :)

Suggestion: You can start by making the app work in console interface if possible. Then you can use another GUI that can run in 32 bit.

For instance, you can get a 32bit version of THIS

Edit: Added a suggeston.

Upvotes: 1

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