Pythonwin does not open in Windows 8.1

Question

No matter what I do, Pythonw.exe (from Arcmap) does not open. I am using Windows 8.1.
Does anyone know what to do?

MarkMcPherson1 · Answer

Okay, I got it now. So, I downloaded the zip file from sourceforge.net, as you indicated. I now realize that this is installed "on top of" the existing Python that come with ArcMap 10.2. Then, I went to C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.2\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\Pythonwin.exe and can now run the program. YAY!

Thanks everybody for your help.
MarkMark,

The Python non-console script interpreter pythonw.exe, is not the PythonWin IDE ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/Build 218/ )
ArcGIS no longer ships the PythonWIn IDE and its pyWin32 based GUI.  Your default ArcGIS 10.1 or 10.2 install will have only the native Python GUI--IDLE, or Esri's Python console in ArcMap.

If you'd like to use the PythonWin IDE current build is 218 and you'll want the Python 2.7 specific build, pywin32-218.win32-py2.7.exe

Of course this is all a bit shaky on Windows 8.1 where you will need to install ArcGIS 10.1 or 10.2 with compatibility settings, although ArcGIS 10.2.1 seems to be stable.

Stuart

MarkMcPherson1 · Answer

Okay, I got it, now. I appreciate everybody's help.

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Luke_Pinner · Answer

Just to reiterate, pythonw.exe is not the PythonWin executable. That is located at <python install dir>\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\Pythonwin.exe (i.e. for 10.1 it is C:\Python27\ArcGIS10.1\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\Pythonwin.exe).