Oops. I didn't quite finish that e-mail before hitting "send". Sigh.
Python 2.5 and earlier doesn't have this problem because it used an older version of Visual Studio which didn't have the SxS nightmare included with it. If you do a Google search on this topic you will find many thousands of hits for your enjoyment. :-) Anthony On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Anthony Tuininga <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Congratulations. You have become another victim of the Windows SxS > nightmare. Make sure that the Visual Studio 2008 redistributable is > installed on the target machines. You can also make a "private" > assembly by copying the three dlls and the manifest into the same > directory as your executable. > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Nik Barron > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have a strange problem with a fairly simple script (a few win32api >> calls to check language settings). Compiled using Python 2.6.1 and >> cx_freeze 4.0.1 the compiled executable works OK on Windows 2000 and XP, >> but on Server 2003 SP2 returns the error "The system cannot execute the >> specified program." >> >> Running DependencyWalker (I suspected there might be a missing DLL) on >> the exe returns the errors: >> >> "Error: The Side-by-Side configuration information for >> "u:\projects\misc_development\checklang26\CHECKLANG.EXE" contains >> errors. This application has failed to start because the application >> configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this >> problem (14001). >> Error: The Side-by-Side configuration information for >> "u:\projects\misc_development\checklang26\PYTHON26.DLL" contains errors. >> This application has failed to start because the application >> configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this >> problem (14001)." >> >> However, recompliling the same Python code using Python 2.5.4 and >> cx_freeze 4.01 works fine. >> >> The same problem affects another equally simple Python script (e.g. >> works fine on 2000/XP but not on 2003). I've tried on multiple servers >> and got the same results. >> >> Any suggestions welcome! >> >> Nick Barron >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. >> For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA >> -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise >> -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation >> -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H >> _______________________________________________ >> cx-freeze-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cx-freeze-users >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ cx-freeze-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cx-freeze-users
