Python.Exe Problem

[Daniel Lee]

Hello,

When I try to run python.exe on my computer with Windows 8, I get the
following error:

"Python.exe - Entry Point Not Found"

"The Procedure entry point ?terminate@@YAXXZ could not be located in the
dynamic link library C:\Program Files\Python3.5\python.exe."

What does this error mean and how can I fix it?

Thank you.

[Terry Reedy]

On 12/29/2015 11:24 AM, Daniel Lee wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When I try to run python.exe on my computer with Windows 8,

Which exact version? From what source? How did you download (from
where) or compile? How did you install? How do you try to run it?

> I get the following error:
>
> "Python.exe - Entry Point Not Found"
>
> "The Procedure entry point ?terminate@@YAXXZ could not be located in the
> dynamic link library C:\Program Files\Python3.5\python.exe."

Google return 76000 hits for 'terminate@@YAXXZ', so this appears to not
be a unique issue in some form or another.

> What does this error mean and how can I fix it?

It seems like your installed python.exe is corrupt. Make sure you have
a final release. I would re-install, possibly after re-downloading from
python.org. If you download from anywhere else, *they* are responsible
for getting the compile options correct.

--
Terry Jan Reedy

[paul.her...@gmail.com]

Daniel, after the download, please be sure to verify the MD5 checksum to
know that the download is correct.

> --
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>

[mateusz.na...@gmail.com]

Hello, I have the exact same issue.

I've installed Python 3.5 AMD64 from python.org (https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.0/python-3.5.0a1-amd64.exe to be exact), and I've checked the installer MD5sum to be valid.
I've selected the advanced install to change installation directory and to precompile standard libs.
Upon finishing the installation I was displayed the message twice, the first time about python.exe, and the second about python35.dll, after which the installer finished without reporting other errors.

When launching Python 3 from the console via `py -3` I get the exact same dialogue box (twice: once for the exe and once for the dll), while `py -2` and `py -3.5-32` work with no issue (installed via seemingly the same method, but with the 32 bit installer instead).

I wanted to install an x64 version of python because I need additional memory to calculate on large numpy arrays.

Regards, -- Mateusz Naściszewski

[eryk sun]

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 5:17 PM, <mateusz.na...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've installed Python 3.5 AMD64 from python.org
> (https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.0/python-3.5.0a1-amd64.exe to be exact),

3.5.0a1 is the first alpha version, released 7 months before the final
version of 3.5.0. Remove it, and install 3.5.1 using one of the
following installers:

Web-based
https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.1/python-3.5.1-amd64-webinstall.exe

Offline
https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.1/python-3.5.1-amd64.exe

[Mateusz Naściszewski]

Thank you, that seems to have helped. Not sure why I downloaded from an old download page.
The dialogue boxes don't appear and everything seems to be working.

Thanks again, -- Mateusz Naściszewski

[MRAB]

Why did you want python-3.5.0a1-amd64.exe? That was the first alpha
release of Python 3.5.0 (64-bit).

The latest release is Python 3.5.1.