Problems with postinstaller

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Description

Running postinstaller from command line, in Windows 11, and Python 14.2 does not work. This is a fresh install and RIDE was not run yet.

Commands:

ride_postinstall

Generates usage message.

ride_postinstall  -install

Does not have output.

python -m robotide.postinstall -install

Produces Python errors:

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