ImportError while importing winreg module of python

Question

I wanted to use winreg module of python for working with windows registry. But when I try to import winreg module, it gives ImportError.

Python 2.4.3 (#1, Dec 11 2006, 11:39:03) 
[GCC 4.1.1 20061130 (Red Hat 4.1.1-43)] on linux2
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>>> import __winreg
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: No module named __winreg
>>> import _winreg
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: No module named _winreg

Do I need to install this module separately ? Any suggestions would be useful.

check these links - http://docs.python.org/library/_winreg.html ... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4320761/importerror-no-module-named-winreg-python3 — avasal, Jun 21 '12 at 07:36
@avasal Your first link is broken. In python3 it is instead https://docs.python.org/3/library/winreg.html — mrfr, Jul 04 '19 at 11:55

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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It looks like you're trying to import a windows only module on a *nix platform (RedHat is not Windows).

_winreg – Windows registry access

Platforms: Windows

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Jun 21 '12 at 07:35

Cédric Julien

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score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 21 '12 at 07:43

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It can't work on Linux.

_winreg - Windows registry access

Availability: Windows.

New in version 2.0. These functions expose the Windows registry API to Python. Instead of using an integer as the registry handle, a handle object is used to ensure that the handles are closed correctly, even if the programmer neglects to explicitly close them.

This module exposes a very low-level interface to the Windows registry; it is expected that in the future a new winreg module will be created offering a higher-level interface to the registry API.

source: http://docs.python.org/release/2.1.2/lib/module--winreg.html

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answered Jun 21 '12 at 07:38

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Thanks Ashwini ! Now my question is can i also not use winreg on cygwin also ? – Pravar Jawalekar Jun 21 '12 at 07:50
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Yes, I was successfully able to use cygwinreg on cygwin. Thanks everybody for the help ! – Pravar Jawalekar Jun 21 '12 at 09:55
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As the author, I'm glad to hear that my library helped you. – Simon Law Mar 15 '13 at 07:06

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