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ntoll / uflash

A module and command to easily flash Python onto the BBC's micro:bit device.
http://micropython.org/
MIT License
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Failed to create process error #41

Closed steve-qi closed 6 years ago

steve-qi commented 6 years ago

Hi, I'm not sure if I am trying to use this right, but when I try to run uflash I get a Failed To Create Process error.

Any suggestions how I should fix this?

ntoll commented 6 years ago

What operating system are you using, can you give an example of what you typed in, what the complete output of attempting to run the command was and confirm that you're using the latest version of uflash? Thanks.

steve-qi commented 6 years ago

Hi thanks for coming back on this. I'm on Windows 10, the pip import seemed to run fine (but only as Administrator). The install was done today, so I'm assuming it picked up the latest version. The folder name in the site-packages folder is uflash-1.0.8-py3.5.egg-info. The date on the uflash.py file is 14/12/2016 though? I'm trying to run uflash -h in a command prompt (is this the correct way to use it?) and get the message. I can import the module into a .py file without it complaining.

The full output is: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.16299.125] (c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>uflash -h failed to create process.

ntoll commented 6 years ago

Hi, I suspect this isn't a bug with uFlash -- rather, you've hit this problem:

https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/2783

I guess you should upgrade your setuptools and try again or upgrade Python perhaps..?

steve-qi commented 6 years ago

After uninstalling Python and loading it all back on we are in business. Thank you so much for the pointer.