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pywin is a python module, lightweight launcher and switcher for Windows command line and MSYS/MINGW32

pywin is a python module, lightweight launcher and switcher for Windows command line and MSYS/MINGW32.

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Why can't I find any pywin32 documentation/resources

I cannot find pywin32 documentation or even a little synopsis of what the module is (I am aware its for win32 API stuff). Is there any pywin32 documentation or resources? Maybe some examples?
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How to start IDLE (Python editor) without using the shortcut on Windows Vista?

I'm trying to teach Komodo to fire up IDLE when I hit the right keystrokes. I can use the exact path of the shortcut in start menu in the Windows Explorer location bar to launch IDLE so I was hoping Komodo would be able to use it as well. But,…
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Make a window transparent using Win32?

Using Python Win32 extensions, how do you make an arbitrary window on Windows XP transparent?
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Changing directory create times (ctime) using python in windows

I am trying to change the directory creation timestamp for a windows system using python. I have a directory that was copied over from another drive and the directory creation times are not preserved. This is what I am hoping to do, Step 1 : Read…
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pywin32 win32gui GetPixel fails predictably near 10,000th call

When running the following block of code, GetPixel starts throwing errors at around the 10,000th call every time. If I put the code in a try-except statement and all calls after the initial faliure will fail. The only way to recover is to terminate…
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Pyhook and pywin32 modules on 64 bit

I have been trying to install pyhook and pywin32 on my 64 bit windows 7 for python 3.5. I cannot seem to find the correct files, as any that i try either do not work, or work only on 32 bit. Does anyone have a link to recent versions that would work…
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Windows Printer Dialog using python win32 api

I need the printer dialog(windows default print dialog which appears after ctrl+P) when I shall print a doc using python. How to do it?
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Using COM automation server and PyQt

I want to create an application in PYTHON with graphical interface (using pyqt), with a COM automation server. So that COM clients could call this app using COM, and this would result in events in the main gui window. But I'm not sure how to…
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Use pywin32 to go to specified page in word doc

I have a long word document with over 100 tables. I am trying to allow users to select a page number via python to enter data into the table on the specified page within the word document. I am able to enter data into a table with the following…
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Python: error opening excel workbook with win32com

I am trying to make a program to open existing excel files, in order to read and write their contents. I am already having trouble opening files. My code: def open_sheet(): excel = win32com.client.Dispatch("Excel.Application") wb =…
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Get urls of opened tabs in browser pywinauto python

Am trying to get all tabs in web browser Brave / Chrome window But don;t understand how to get the list. I am using python 3.8.13. Tried with tabs = dlg.Pane9.iter_descendants() but it results an object like
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Impossible to use pyttsx3: No module named 'pywintypes', but pywin32 is installed

I try to use speech synthesis in Python 3.9.13 [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)]. If I understand well, pyttxs3 is the dedicated module (thank you in advance for any possible alternative!), which I installed successfully: c:\>pip install -U…
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how to convert pywintypes.datetime to different format

I have an object x which is as below x = '2020-06-15 00:00:00+00:00' print(x) 2020-06-15 00:00:00+00:00 print(type(x)) I want to convert above object to 2020-06-15 format and also to Year-Quarter format i.e. 2020…
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How to write the formula =RTD() in excel with pywin32?

import win32com.client as win32 excelApp = win32.Dispatch("Excel.Application") wb = excel.Workbooks.Add() excel.Visible = True ws = wb.Worksheets("Planilha1") ws.Cells(1,1).Value=str('=RTD("RTDTrading.RTDServer";; "SIMH3_B_0";…
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How can I save an excel chart as an image using python?

I am currently trying to use the win32com python library to open an excel file which contains a chart, and save that chart as an image in the same directory. I have tried the code below: import win32com.client as win32 from win32com.client import…
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