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Python for Windows (pywin32) Extensions

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CVE-2019-16294 reported on Scintilla dll Open

pythonwin

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mhammond/pywin32#2793 · 4 comments · Opened Aug 20, 2026
WM_ENDSESSION is never received by the window procedure Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2792 · Opened Aug 20, 2026
Online documentation code wrapping is often broken Open

documentation

mhammond/pywin32#2784 · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 24, 2026
First WM_CREATE message not sent to wndproc Open

bug

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mhammond/pywin32#2727 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 28, 2026
Prohibit casting an interface to an interface of a totally different coclass Open

enhancement

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mhammond/pywin32#2719 · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 23, 2026
Typed dispatch (makepy) fails with int() argument must be ... not 'VARIANT' when passing explicit VARIANT for [in,out] long* Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2713 · 3 comments · Opened Feb 18, 2026
PyCOMTest currently skipped on ARM64 (limited COM support?) Open

help wanted

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mhammond/pywin32#2690 · Opened Dec 9, 2025
`win32trace` global namespace handling may be simplified Open

enhancement good first issue

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mhammond/pywin32#2665 · Opened Oct 18, 2025
win32com uses system default lcid which creates problems Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2663 · Opened Oct 6, 2025
pythonwin.exe debug error Open

bug pythonwin

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mhammond/pywin32#2662 · Opened Oct 6, 2025
Online documentation character encoding issue Open

documentation

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mhammond/pywin32#2659 · Opened Sep 29, 2025
Online documentation href issues Open

documentation

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mhammond/pywin32#2658 · Opened Sep 29, 2025
EnsureDispatch only works with classes registered in the registry Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2646 · Opened Aug 4, 2025
def SvcShutdown in win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework can't accept SHUTDOWN signal when shut down Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2644 · Opened Jul 23, 2025
Code folding doesn't work with mouse Open

patch pythonwin

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mhammond/pywin32#2639 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 12, 2025
Incorrect syntax highlighting for f-strings Open

pythonwin

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mhammond/pywin32#2638 · Opened Jul 12, 2025
RuntimeError: servicemanager.__file__ could not be loaded - win32 error code is 193 Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2633 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 25, 2025
VBA variable passed to a COM object becomes null Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2617 · Opened May 31, 2025
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing win32api: The specified procedure could not be found Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2597 · 6 comments · Opened May 5, 2025
Python C API Deprecations (CPython 3.16 removals) Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2588 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 29, 2025
Pywin32 - DLL load failed while importing _win32sysloader Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2580 · 15 comments · Opened Apr 25, 2025
`PyCColorDialog.SetCustomColors` returns error without setting exception Open

bug

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mhammond/pywin32#2579 · Opened Apr 24, 2025
Late binding not consistently used Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2505 · Opened Mar 27, 2025
`Pythonwin.exe /new /run` silently fails and does nothing in Python Development Mode (w/ Fault handlers enabled) Open

bug pythonwin

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mhammond/pywin32#2504 · Opened Mar 27, 2025
Technical Debt: Should `win32con.MIIM_TYPE` be added to `win32gui_struct.EmptyMENUITEMINFO`'s default mask ? Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2501 · Opened Mar 26, 2025
Certificate Delete function does not exist Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2472 · Opened Feb 6, 2025
PyGetMemory, PyGetBufferAddressAndLen, and PyGetString cannot recursively retrieve program descendant windows Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2465 · Opened Jan 19, 2025
`win32process.GetWindowThreadProcessId` returning `[0, 0]` when `ctypes.windll.user32.GetWindowThreadProcessId` works fine Open

bug

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mhammond/pywin32#2457 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 9, 2025
pythonservice.exe is not longPathAware Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2455 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Jan 8, 2025
win32serviceutil does not respect <_exe_name_> Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2436 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 11, 2024
Scintilla 4.3.0 removed support for `CF_TEXT` clipboard format Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2431 · Opened Nov 18, 2024
win32gui.GetMessage documentation is incorrect Open

documentation

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mhammond/pywin32#2428 · Opened Nov 15, 2024
Techincal Debt: Simplify `use_global_namespace` in `win32/src/win32trace.cpp` Open

enhancement

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mhammond/pywin32#2399 · Opened Oct 13, 2024
Technical debt: replace `ImportError` with `ModuleNotFoundError` where appropriate Open

enhancement

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mhammond/pywin32#2378 · Opened Oct 4, 2024
`EvtNext` wrapper uninitialized value / error handling Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2377 · Opened Sep 23, 2024
win32clipboard Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2371 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 14, 2024
Changing Filter for Pivot Table in Excel Workbook connected to Data Cubes Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2365 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 29, 2024
The bug where the COM object of an open Excel file cannot be retrieved. Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2363 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 22, 2024
Using pydoc on start_pythonwin causes executable code to run Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2359 · Opened Aug 7, 2024
Error on hosting a FastAPI Application with Windows Service Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2355 · Opened Aug 5, 2024
Can't find pywintypes in virtual environment Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2308 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 30, 2024
Support for MFC's dynamic layout in win32ui Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2305 · Opened Jun 27, 2024
Experimental Free-Threaded support Open

feature request help wanted

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mhammond/pywin32#2303 · 12 comments · 8 reactions · Opened Jun 23, 2024
__import_pywin32_system_module_ function is not finding pywintypesXX.dll even if it exists Open

bug

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mhammond/pywin32#2298 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 21, 2024
Random `testFileTimes` test failure in `test_win32file.py` Open

bug

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mhammond/pywin32#2203 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 14, 2024
pywin32print printer info levels: Expose more PRINTER_INFO_* constants Open

enhancement

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mhammond/pywin32#2197 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 8, 2024
pythonservice.exe can't be updated if a python service is already running Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2194 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 6, 2024
Pywin32 generated msg with html content opens in outlook as plain text Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2179 · Opened Feb 14, 2024
When using screencapture with win32gui, memory leak occurs Open

needs more information

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mhammond/pywin32#2171 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 29, 2024
Bug when insert image to excel Open

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mhammond/pywin32#2166 · Opened Jan 9, 2024

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