When running KeepNote from source, Python.exe does not terminate (Windows)

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Unpack KeepNote sources
2. Run python -v "C:\path\to\keepnote\bin\keepnote"
3. Quit the application
4. Run python -v "C:\path\to\keepnote\bin\keepnote"

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
A command line window with lots of messages (due to the -v switch) shows up 
after (2). After (3), the command line window remains visible, showing the 
following text at end:

# cleanup[2] xml.dom
# cleanup[2] keepnote.listening
# cleanup[2] encodings.mbcs
# cleanup[2] keepnote.gui.richtext.richtext_html
# cleanup[2] win32con
# cleanup sys
# cleanup __builtin__
PyThreadState_Clear: warning: thread still has a frame
PyThreadState_Clear: warning: thread still has a frame
# cleanup ints: 766 unfreed ints
# cleanup floats: 88 unfreed floats

Now, step (4) does not show a KeepNote GUI window, unless the command line 
window is closed before (or python.exe is killed from the task manager).

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
0.6.2 (source)
Windows 7, x64

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by kirillmu...@gmail.com on 30 Jun 2010 at 2:15

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Expected output: After (3), command line window disappears (=python.exe 
terminates), and (4) succeeds immediately.

Original comment by kirillmu...@gmail.com on 30 Jun 2010 at 2:17

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I do not run keepnote from source in windows, so I do not know why it would not 
terminate.  It does terminate when running from source in Linux.

Original comment by matt.rasmus@gmail.com on 1 Jul 2010 at 6:49

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It does terminate under Linux, it does not under Windows.

I run the following combination of packages:

Python 2.6.4 x86
py2exe 0.6.9
pycairo 1.4.12
pygobject 2.14.2
pygtk 2.12.1
pywin32 214
setuptools 0.6c11

Original comment by kirillmu...@gmail.com on 2 Jul 2010 at 11:53

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I had similar issue with the latest version (0.7.8).

Here are some observations:

1. The issue is not limited to source case. It also exists while executing the 
py2exe-packed version, that is, keepnote.exe remains alive while GUI is closed.

2. The issue disappears while I use older pywin32 version (210, as suggested in 
INSTALL document). People who has the same issue can proceed in this way...

3. The issue also disappears if executing in VirtualBox (the same WIN7 x64 OS). 
To be clear, the *same* py2exe-packed version has this issue in my real WIN7 PC 
and does not have this in VirtualBox WIN7.

Hope these help..

Original comment by Zigman....@gmail.com on 4 Feb 2014 at 8:03