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Title: Can't Import Tkinter
Type: Stage:
Components: Tkinter Versions: Python 2.6
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Status: closed Resolution: works for me
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: SevenThunders, loewis
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2010-03-28 01:59 by SevenThunders, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (3)
msg101852 - (view) Author: Matt B (SevenThunders) Date: 2010-03-28 01:59
>>> import _tkinter
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.

I 'upgraded' to python 2.6.5 by downloading the windows 64 bit installer.  I'm running windows 7 64 bit.  Everything worked great in 2.6.4 by the way.  I had a similar problem with numpy,  but reinstalling it from this site seemed to fix it:
http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/

I can only speculate what happened.  If I knew what DLL failed to load I could easily check to see if there were dependency issues or 64/32 bit issues.  Perhaps the old dll is still around? If so then there is an issue with the installer I think.

No doubt the issues extends beyond just Tkinter.
msg101855 - (view) Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-03-28 05:56
Can you please check the event log?
msg155672 - (view) Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * (Python committer) Date: 2012-03-13 21:35
Closing because of lack of feedback.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:56:59adminsetgithub: 52494
2012-03-13 21:35:02loewissetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: works for me
messages: + msg155672
2010-03-28 05:56:32loewissetnosy: + loewis
messages: + msg101855
2010-03-28 01:59:27SevenThunderscreate