[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Bugs-2747402 ] pythonwin 212 crashes at start

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Bugs item #2747402, was opened at 2009-04-09 11:29
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Category: pythonwin
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Works For Me
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: arisdon (arisdon)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: pythonwin 212 crashes at start

Initial Comment:
Pythonwin 212 halts at start with 'PyWin32 has encountered a problem and needs to close' window on Windows XP after 'Browse Pythonpath' option has been used.  Problem can be resolved temporarily as follows:
1. Rename C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\scintilla.dll to .dll.old
2. Run Pythonwin.exe... which halts with a Python Traceback complaining of the absent scintilla.dll
3. Restore C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\scintilla.dll to its correct name
4. Pythonwin.exe now functions correctly unless and until 'Browse Pythonpath' is used again.

I have checked this behaviour in a clean virtual machine, Windows XP patched up to date. I installed freshly downloaded copies of:

1. python-2.6.1.msi
2. pywin32-212.win32-py2.6.exe


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Comment By: Roger Upole (rupole)
Date: 2009-04-17 18:54

Message:
This appears to related to the problem with saving toolbar states in the
registry.  If you delete the registry key
HKCU\Software\Python 2.6\Python for Win32\ToolbarDefault-Summary
the crash goes away.

It appears to be already fixed in build 213, although there have been so
many
changes I can't identify exactly where.



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