[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Bugs-766880 ] importing win32com.client causes python to crash

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Bugs item #766880, was opened at 2003-07-07 02:21
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Category: com
Group: v1.0 (example)
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 9
Submitted By: Viktor Ferenczi (complex)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: importing win32com.client causes python to crash

Initial Comment:
Windows XP Professional SP1 - English
.NET framework not installed
python-2.2.3
win32all-152

Open an interactive python session, then execute the 
following import statement:

import win32com.client

This causes the python interpreter to crash 
with "memory could not be read" error (system error 
dialog appears).

Google search: +"import win32com.client" +crash

Tons of error reports can be found. Strange, sometimes 
unpredictable behaviour reported. This bug (?) broke 
significant part of existing win32all codebase. Some 
forum posts suggested, that win32all-150 with python-
2.2.2 did not crash (this is a "workaround", but should 
be tested).

- Complex -

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>Comment By: Viktor Ferenczi (complex)
Date: 2003-07-07 02:42

Message:
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Using from win32com.client import ... raises a regular Python 
exception with the same meaning:

Python 2.2.3 (#42, May 30 2003, 18:12:08) [MSC 32 bit 
(Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more 
information.
>>> from win32com.client import Dispatch
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "C:\Python22\lib\site-
packages\win32com\client\__init__.py", line 12, in
?
    import dynamic, gencache, pythoncom
  File "C:\Python22\lib\site-
packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 22, in ?

    import pythoncom
  File "C:\Python22\lib\site-packages\pythoncom.py", line 18, 
in ?
    __import("pythoncom")
  File "C:\Python22\lib\site-packages\pythoncom.py", line 10, 
in __import
    h = win32api.LoadLibrary(filename)
pywintypes.error: (998, 'LoadLibrary', 'Invalid access to 
memory location.')

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