[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Bugs-990048 ] pywin32-202.win32-py2.4.exe: Postinstall script failure.

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Bugs item #990048, was opened at 2004-07-13 12:18
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Category: installation
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Kerim Borchaev (warkid)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: pywin32-202.win32-py2.4.exe: Postinstall script failure.

Initial Comment:
This is how it fails:
Creating .PTH file C:\Python24\pywin32.pth
Copied pythoncom24.dll to C:\WINDOWS\System32
\pythoncom24.dll
Copied pywintypes24.dll to C:\WINDOWS\System32
\pywintypes24.dll
Registered: Python.Interpreter 
Registered: Python.Dictionary 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python24\Scripts\pywin32_postinstall.py", line 
313, in ?
    install()
  File "C:\Python24\Scripts\pywin32_postinstall.py", line 
210, in install
    SetPyKeyVal("Help", None, None)
  File "C:\Python24\Scripts\pywin32_postinstall.py", line 
97, in SetPyKeyVal
    root_hkey = get_root_hkey()
NameError: global name 'get_root_hkey' is not defined
*** run_installscript: internal error 0xFFFFFFFF ***
#####################################
I've uninstalled previous version of pywin32 and Python 
before installing pywin32-202.
I'm using Python2.4a1



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Comment By: Jaros³aw Zabie³³o (zbiru)
Date: 2004-07-22 21:02

Message:
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I uninstalled previous  version of Python, PythonWin and all
pythonic stuff. The same problem appears for Windows 2003
Server:

Creating .PTH file C:\opt\Python24\pywin32.pth
Copied pythoncom24.dll to C:\WINDOWS\system32\pythoncom24.dll
Copied pywintypes24.dll to C:\WINDOWS\system32\pywintypes24.dll
Registered: Python.Interpreter 
Registered: Python.Dictionary 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\opt\Python24\Scripts\pywin32_postinstall.py",
line 313, in ?
    install()
  File "C:\opt\Python24\Scripts\pywin32_postinstall.py",
line 210, in install
    SetPyKeyVal("Help", None, None)
  File "C:\opt\Python24\Scripts\pywin32_postinstall.py",
line 97, in SetPyKeyVal
    root_hkey = get_root_hkey()
NameError: global name 'get_root_hkey' is not defined
*** run_installscript: internal error 0xFFFFFFFF *** 

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