[issue30446] Embedded 3.6.1 distribution cannot find _socket module

Thomas Stevenson added the comment: Thank you Steve and Zachary. The context you provided helped me track it down, so I have marked this closed. In case it benefits anyone in future as well, I ran into a subsequent topic where the C++ app was compiled in debug and hence the actual file

[issue30446] Embedded 3.6.1 distribution cannot find _socket module

Steve Dower added the comment: I've been meaning to get to looking at this issue for a couple of days now, sorry. There are two critical pieces here: * don't delete or move _socket.pyd * don't delete or move python36._pth (but possibly update it) The first one should be obvious - I assume you

[issue30446] Embedded 3.6.1 distribution cannot find _socket module

Zachary Ware added the comment: I suspect you'll need to set sys.path (PySys_SetPath, I think, but trust the docs more than me). Try importing sys and printing sys.path to confirm. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue30446] Embedded 3.6.1 distribution cannot find _socket module

New submission from Thomas Stevenson: Trying to import the socket module using the embedded distribution for 3.6.1, I get the error: : No module named '_socket' Running with the standard interpreter works: Python 3.6.1 (v3.6.1:69c0db5, Mar 21 2017, 17:54:52) [MSC v.1900 32 bit (Intel)] on