topic Python Add-ins don't seem to work for us since we upgraded from Windows 7 16 bit and ArcGis 10.1 to Windows 7 32 bit and ArcGis10.2. I even created one from scratch without adding any code and when it loaded, it showed up typical of a Python syntax error in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/python-add-ins-don-t-seem-to-work-for-us-since-we/m-p/469600#M36646 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Python Add-ins don't seem to work for us since we upgraded from Windows 7 16 bit and ArcGis 10.1 to Windows 7 32 bit and ArcGis10.2. I even created one from scratch without adding any code and when it loaded, it showed up typical of a Python syntax error (with an x where the icon should be and the word "Missing" where the name should be). Custom toolboxes work fine. What gives?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:38:11 GMT AultonSmith 2014-10-17T14:38:11Z Python Add-ins don't seem to work for us since we upgraded from Windows 7 16 bit and ArcGis 10.1 to Windows 7 32 bit and ArcGis10.2. I even created one from scratch without adding any code and when it loaded, it showed up typical of a Python syntax error https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/python-add-ins-don-t-seem-to-work-for-us-since-we/m-p/469600#M36646 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Python Add-ins don't seem to work for us since we upgraded from Windows 7 16 bit and ArcGis 10.1 to Windows 7 32 bit and ArcGis10.2. I even created one from scratch without adding any code and when it loaded, it showed up typical of a Python syntax error (with an x where the icon should be and the word "Missing" where the name should be). Custom toolboxes work fine. What gives?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:38:11 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/python-add-ins-don-t-seem-to-work-for-us-since-we/m-p/469600#M36646 AultonSmith 2014-10-17T14:38:11Z Re: Python Add-ins don't seem to work for us since we upgraded from Windows 7 16 bit and ArcGis 10.1 to Windows 7 32 bit and ArcGis10.2. I even created one from scratch without adding any code and when it loaded, it showed up typical of a Python syntax er https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/python-add-ins-don-t-seem-to-work-for-us-since-we/m-p/469601#M36647 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>your system paths have changed ...As an example, I am currently running windows 7 and Arc10.2 so my ArcGIS folder is in I upgraded from 10.1 to 10.2 hence, all Arc* stuff now resides in</P><P></P><P>c:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; where as 10.1 was located in</P><P>c:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.1</P><P></P><P>Also, my system paths are now all different for both python and Arc</P><P></P><P>&gt;&gt;&gt; import sys</P><P>&gt;&gt;&gt; sys.path</P><P>['', 'C:\\Windows\\system32\\python27.zip', 'C:\\Python27\\ArcGIS10.2\\DLLs', 'C:\\Python27\\ArcGIS10.2\\lib', 'C:\\Python27\\ArcGIS10.2\\lib\\plat-win', 'C:\\Python27\\ArcGIS10.2\\lib\\lib-tk', 'C:\\Python27\\ArcGIS10.2\\Lib\\site-packages\\pythonwin', 'C:\\Python27\\ArcGIS10.2', 'C:\\Python27\\ArcGIS10.2\\lib\\site-packages', 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\ArcGIS\\Desktop10.2\\bin', 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\ArcGIS\\Desktop10.2\\arcpy', 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\ArcGIS\\Desktop10.2\\ArcToolbox\\Scripts', 'C:\\Python27\\ArcGIS10.2\\lib\\site-packages\\win32', 'C:\\Python27\\ArcGIS10.2\\lib\\site-packages\\win32\\lib']</P><P></P><P></P><P>Other changes are obviously made to default folders and the registry, so you need to know where things were being saved before and where they should be located now</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:18:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/python-add-ins-don-t-seem-to-work-for-us-since-we/m-p/469601#M36647 DanPatterson_Retired 2014-10-17T15:18:01Z