[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Bugs-1016558 ] 202 Windows Installer requires MSVCR71.dll

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Bugs item #1016558, was opened at 2004-08-26 17:01
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Category: installation
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>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Rejected
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Will Watts (willw)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: 202 Windows Installer requires MSVCR71.dll

Initial Comment:
When I run the install, it fails at once with a modal
dialog:

pywin32-202.win32-py2.4.exe - Unable to Locate DLL

The dynamic link library MSVCR71.dll could not be found
in the specified path.... [path on my machine]

After that the install stops and no further progress is
possible.

OS is Win2k SP4.



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>Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2007-11-26 10:01

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I'm not sure why is this DLL can not be found - pythonxx.dll itself
depends on this DLL, and is installed by the Python installer.  Python
itself will not work without this DLL, so it is not the job of pywin32 to
install it - we insist on a functioning Python and this requires
msvcr71.dll.  For this reason, pywin32 will never install it.

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Comment By: Vano (native_api)
Date: 2007-11-26 06:05

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Since pywin relies on distutils in this aspect, i guess the request should
be redirected there.

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Comment By: Gawarecki (gawarecki)
Date: 2007-05-09 07:12

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Install of "pywin32-210.win32-py2.5.exe" and "pywin32-210.win32-py2.6.exe"
and get following error dialog:
    Title = pywin32-210.win32-py2.5.exe - Unable to Locate Component
    Content = This application has failed to start because MSVCR71.dll was
not found.  Re=installing the application may fix this problem.
    Buttons = OK


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Comment By: Will Watts (willw)
Date: 2005-05-04 17:25

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Re: Chris Mahan's comment: You've missed my point. I don't
(or rather didn't) have MSVCR71.dll to copy around to any
directory. 

It is a redistributable DLL that is part of Microsoft's
Visual C++ 7.1. It's not part of the OS - at least, not
Win2K. Therefore any program that depends on it should
supply it.

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Comment By: Chris Mahan (chris_mahan)
Date: 2005-05-04 13:42

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You can work around it by copying the dll to the directory 
where pywin installer is. Win XP here.

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