> why does this occur when using the python windows extensions? all > string are prefixed by a lowercase "u".
They are Unicode strings: http://docs.python.org/ref/strings.html > is there a newsgroup explicitly for python windows extensions? Not that I know of, other than what's described here: https://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=78018 -tkc -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list