Hello, I've installed Python 2.4 and the win32 extensions, using administrator rights, under Windows XP in "C:\Programme". As this is a directory without spaces I didn't expect any problems. But now I can't _use_ win32com as a normal user, because normal users can't write there:
PythonWin 2.4.1 (#65, Mar 30 2005, 09:13:57) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32. Portions Copyright 1994-2004 Mark Hammond ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - see 'Help/About PythonWin' for further copyright information. >>> import win32com.client ... >>> import wdclass >>> kal = wdclass.easyWord() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ? File "h:\eigene dateien\abt\kalender\wdclass.py", line 10, in __init__ self.wdApp = win32com.client.Dispatch('Word.Application') File "C:\Programme\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py", line 96, in Dispatch return __WrapDispatch(dispatch, userName, resultCLSID, typeinfo, UnicodeToString, clsctx) File "C:\Programme\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py", line 38, in __WrapDispatch klass = gencache.GetClassForCLSID(resultCLSID) File "C:\Programme\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\gencache.py", line 179, in GetClassForCLSID mod = GetModuleForCLSID(clsid) File "C:\Programme\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\gencache.py", line 222, in GetModuleForCLSID mod = GetModuleForTypelib(typelibCLSID, lcid, major, minor) File "C:\Programme\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\gencache.py", line 262, in GetModuleForTypelib AddModuleToCache(typelibCLSID, lcid, major, minor) File "C:\Programme\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\gencache.py", line 575, in AddModuleToCache _SaveDicts() File "C:\Programme\Python24\Lib\site-packages\win32com\client\gencache.py", line 64, in _SaveDicts f = open(os.path.join(GetGeneratePath(), "dicts.dat"), "wb") IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Programme\\Python24\\lib\\site-packages\\win32com\\gen_py\\dicts.dat' >>> Do I have to move my Python installation to another directory with write permissions for normal users? Or is there a simpler way? This might not be a problem for users with english Windows installations who can get bitten anyway by the space in "program files". But in my german installation I never had a reason to install Python outside of "Programme". Thanks for any help, Koczian -- Dr. Sibylle Koczian Universitaetsbibliothek, Abt. Naturwiss. D-86135 Augsburg e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list