Can't install win32gui

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I’m trying to install win32gui with pip but I get an error:

C:Usersמשתמש>pip install win32gui

Collecting win32gui
Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b8/75/7bed82934e51903f9d48b26b3996161bb2dce1731607b4bb7fd26003ed3e/win32gui-221.5.tar.gz
Installing build dependencies ... done
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "c:temppip-install-ycidig8uwin32guisetup.py", line 27, in <module>
from win32.distutils.gui import win32gui_build_ext
File "c:temppip-install-ycidig8uwin32guiwin32distutilsgui.py", line 6, in <module>
from .command import win32_build_ext
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'win32.distutils.command'
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Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in c:temppip-install-ycidig8uwin32gui

I’m using python 3.7
I’ve upgraded the setuptools but it is still not working…

Asked By: ItayMiz

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Answer 1

Win32gui isn’t compatible with 3.7.

3.7 was realeased in 2018 and the latest version of win32gui was released in August 2017.

I would suggest installing 3.6 or lower as a workaround.

EDIT:

The answer by @bronson beat me to it by 9 days, but installing pywin32 with pip install pywin32 will install win32gui alongside modules for interfacing with windows.

Answered By: Legorooj

Answer 2

Install pywin32. That gives you win32gui.

pip install pywin32

Answered By: bronson

Answer 3

See this link: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pywin32. It may be of help to you.

Step 1: Download the pywin32....whl
Step 2: pip install pywin32....whl
Step 3: C:python32python.exe Scriptspywin32_postinstall.py -install
Step 4: python
>>> import win32gui

Answered By: Erick Amoedo

Answer 4

All your needs you will satisfy in the module ctypes.
Use it and you won’t have any compatibility issues.

For example:

import ctypes
EnumWindows = ctypes.windll.user32.EnumWindows
GetWindowThreadProcessId = ctypes.windll.user32.GetWindowThreadProcessId
EnumWindowsProc = ctypes.WINFUNCTYPE(ctypes.c_bool, types.POINTER(ctypes.c_int), ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_int))
GetWindowText = ctypes.windll.user32.GetWindowTextW
GetWindowTextLength = ctypes.windll.user32.GetWindowTextLengthW
IsWindowVisible = ctypes.windll.user32.IsWindowVisible
IsWindowEnabled = ctypes.windll.user32.IsWindowEnabled

Answered By: Dmitry Tuchin

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