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ActivityWatch / aw-qt

Tray icon that manages ActivityWatch processes, built with Qt.
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error loading python dll python35.dll (error code 1114) #23

Closed Kewings closed 4 years ago

Kewings commented 7 years ago

i download windows version "activitywatch-windows-x86_64-v0.7.0b1.zip" from https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch/releases.

unzip and run aw-qt follow the guide, but it reported error messages like above. image

before aw unziped, i had already installed python 3.6.2 in my computer. so, how can i resolve it?

Many thanks.

johan-bjareholt commented 7 years ago

First off, you do not need to install python for the activitywatch EXEs to work, since python is bundled with the program.

The issue itself however seems to be related to PyInstaller. According to this github issue it might be specific to Windows 7. For me it works on Windows 10, so I would like to try this in a virtual machine with windows 7. I am on holiday currently though for a couple of more weeks so I will not have time to test this anytime soon unfortunately.

You could also try and run it as an administrator (right click in the file, properties, and then check the box "run as administrator"), but that's not a permanent solution since it's a security risk.

ErikBjare commented 7 years ago

@Kewings Are you using a 64bit version of Windows 7? (Hopefully not doing so would lead to a better error message, but idk)

Kewings commented 7 years ago

hi all, Thanks for your quick response. I used windows7 64bit. And i also tried as administrator in file's properties and command as administrator. I installed python before for another projects.

I also mind it might be related to windows system, so i tried the project in ubuntu this afternoon. Only server finished till now. So i think the windows' issue can be tried later. Thanks.

ErikBjare commented 7 years ago

@Kewings Alright. Thanks a lot for filing the issue. We'd never have tested it ourselves.

If you really need ActivityWatch on your Windows 7 machine, you may try and build it yourself, but be warned: it's a bit messy on Windows systems. But here's the Appveyor config we're using: https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch/blob/master/.appveyor.yml

I've made an issue about this in the main repo for increased exposure.

ErikBjare commented 4 years ago

Closing due to age. Windows 7 will likely never get support.