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POUnusual Python exe behavior when running from Progam Files X86 versus Program FIles on Win7 is there some virtualization going on?
 

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    <p>I have an EXE that I built that I am trying to have installed in the Program Files (x86) folder on Win7 machines. There is really interesting behavior going on. The program has a gui-we used wx-Python and XRC to handle the interface. we include an XRC folder in the distribution. The program uses getcwd() to locate itself and find the xrc folder. However, and this is really interesting-it all works fine when I place the program in Program Files. When I place the program in the Program Files x86 folder I get a message that indicates to me that it can't find the xrc folder.<br> Let me be clear this application runs fine on an XP machine in Program Files and on a Vista Machine as well as a Win7 machine in Program Files</p> <p>Now what else is interesting is if I double click the exe in the Program Files (x86) folder it runs fine but when I try to run it off of the short cut added to the start/program menus it does not run correctly. That is where I get the error message that suggests the program is not finding the xrc folder. I also moved the program to a folder on the desktop, and at the root and in every other location it starts and runs fine. Thus I am confident that my code to point to the xrc folder is fine. </p> <p>So back to the question. When programs are running from the x86 folder is something happening that causes the path references to get screwy? More importantly is it fixable?</p> <p>One final note- To be as certain as possible that the problem relates to the path to the xrc folder I deleted the xrc folder from two instances of the application and I get the same error message that I received when the program was installed in the x86 folder.</p> <p>Just for clarification the only time the program will not run is when I use the shortcut on the start menu and the exe and all of the parts are saved in the Program Files (x86) folder</p> <p>Plasticsabers answerreally helped me understand the problem and I was able to fix it. This is not a Vista verus XP issue it is a 32 bit OS versus 64 bit issue.</p> <p>I need to run on 64 bit XP and 32 bit Win7. </p>
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