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Please don't ask why I would want to install such an old version of Python, but I have Python 2.3.1 installed anyway. Now I am looking for the corresponding PyWin32 install files. I believe they are available here https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/ or here https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ but I cannot fathom exactly what file(s) I need to download or what to do with the download

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see: https://www.python.org/download/releases/

you should be able to download an older branch of pywin32 here: https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32

Paul_Newton Wrote:but I have Python 2.3.1 installed anyway

In build 200 download pywin32-200.win32-py2.3.exe
Just run this file it's a Windows Installer,press next and will look for Python 2.3 in Windows Path.

Thanks, I'll give that a try in the morning - I will post back with my findings.

My mistake - Python version is 2.1.3 not 2.3.1 and in Build 200 the oldest version is Python 2.2, so I think I am out of luck

In same folder download pywin32-200.zip this is the first release.
Unpack and from this folder in comman line try run:

python setup_win32all.py -q build
# Or
python setup_win32all.py -q install

I'll give it a go ... thanks again

I am getting an error message "No such file or directory win32\\PyWinTypes.dsp".

The Win32 folder has nothing in other than two folders "lib" and "src". The src folder does contain PyWinTypes.py but that's as far as I have got.

Attached screenshot of the command window showing the error

(Nov-16-2022, 12:10 AM)Paul_Newton Wrote: [ -> ]I am getting an error message "No such file or directory win32\\PyWinTypes.dsp".

I guess missing build tools that he used to build this first version.
Then it's diffcult,you can try to ask on pywin32 GitHub.
Or try to get it to work on Python 2.3.1 where there is a installer for pywin32.

I am replying to thank everybody for their suggestions and help. In the end I did not manage to do anything with with 2.1.3 but I did manage to install 2.2.3 and the PyWin32-212-.win32-py2.2.EXE extensions.