ImportError: No system module 'pywintypes' (pywintypes39.dll)

Question

I was making a virtual assistant in python, but I see the following error.

ImportError: No system module 'pywintypes' (pywintypes39.dll)

I am using Windows 10 and Python 3.9

Here is the code

import speech_recognition as sr
import pyttsx3 
listner=sr.Recognizer()
engine=pyttsx3.init()
engine.say('Hello Vishal. I am Cisco')
engine.say('What do you want me to do?')
engine.runAndWait()
try:
    with sr.Microphone() as source:
            print('listening...')
            voice=listner.listen(source)
            command = listner.recognize_google(voice)
            command=command.lower()
            if "cisco" in command:
                 print(command)
except:
    print('Something went wrong')

Also when I run this program The console prints this:

    enter code hraceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\visha\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\pyttsx3\__init__.py", line 20, in init
    eng = _activeEngines[driverName]
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python\lib\weakref.py", line 134, in __getitem__
    o = self.data[key]()
KeyError: None

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\Users\visha\Documents\Python\Basic.py", line 4, in <module>
    engine=pyttsx3.init()
  File "C:\Users\visha\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\pyttsx3\__init__.py", line 22, in init
    eng = Engine(driverName, debug)
  File "C:\Users\visha\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\pyttsx3\engine.py", line 30, in __init__       
    self.proxy = driver.DriverProxy(weakref.proxy(self), driverName, debug)
  File "C:\Users\visha\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\pyttsx3\driver.py", line 50, in __init__       
    self._module = importlib.import_module(name)
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1030, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1007, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 680, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 790, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 228, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "C:\Users\visha\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\pyttsx3\drivers\sapi5.py", line 10, in <module>
    import pythoncom
  File "C:\Users\visha\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\pythoncom.py", line 2, in <module>
    import pywintypes
  File "C:\Users\visha\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\win32\lib\pywintypes.py", line 105, in <module>
    __import_pywin32_system_module__("pywintypes", globals())
  File "C:\Users\visha\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\win32\lib\pywintypes.py", line 87, in __import_pywin32_system_module__
    raise ImportError("No system module '%s' (%s)" % (modname, filename))
ImportError: No system module 'pywintypes' (pywintypes39.dll)
PS C:\Users\visha\Documents\Python> ere

I am a beginner so I don't have much idea. Thanks in advance for your help

Answer 1

On Command prompt type python -m site to get the site-package. Now navigate to the site-package folder and go to pywin32_system32 to copy pythoncom39.dll and pywintypes39.dll

Navigate one step back to site-package folder and got win32 and paste the file.

Answer 2

You've commented that you dumped the project you were working on. But I thought I answer anyway for those who still get this error or are going to.

I had the same issue but there was no solution to the problem that I could find online. So I decided to read the error message and to understand what it says

Notice that File <path> the errors are referring to.

The <path> is C:\Users\visha\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\....

In this folder, there is a directory called pywin32_system32.

That's the directory you're looking for. The problem was that pypiwin32 was installed but not in the Python PATH that it should have!

For example:

My Python location is C:\Program Files\Python39

My Python path in System Environment Variables is set to C:\Program Files\Python39

When I ran the command pip install pypiwin32, it was installed on C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages which is not the right directory.

Inside the directory, pywin32_system32, is the file you are looking for (pywintypes39.dll).

**All you have to do is to copy the pywin32_system32 folder from C:\Users\visha\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\

to

<Python_PATH>\site-packages\**

(C:\Program Files\Python39\sitepackages\ for example.)

Sorry if the answer came a little too late! I hope what I wrote is not confusing because I tried my best to explain it in simple words.

Answer 3

try uninstall pywin32 and install it again, works for me

Answer 4

pywintypes is a part of Python for Windows extensions, or its know as pywin32 you will need to install it. and i am not sure it will work but you can try this pip install pypiwin32.

Answer 5

Even thou the question is already answered, I had that issue now and used the answer from DecodedIntel, but even thou it works, you can see another issue in the future after using pip install NewModule and there's a way to fix it once and for all.

My Python location is C:\Program Files\Python39

My PIP Modules location is C:\Users<user>\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages

To fix it you can use Windows HARD LINK Directory JUNCTION

Use /J to create a hard link pointing to a directory, also known as a directory junction:

mklink /J Link Target

MSDOS MKLINK Cmd help description

So, for example, if you wanted to create a directory junction (a hard link to a folder) at C:\LinkToFolder that pointed to C:\Users\Name\OriginalFolder, you’d run the following command:

mklink /J C:\LinkToFolder C:\Users\Name\OriginalFolder

You’ll need to put quotation marks around paths with spaces. For example, if the folders are instead named C:\Link To Folder and C:\Users\Name\Original Folder, you’d use the following command instead:

mklink /J "C:\Link To Folder" "C:\Users\Name\Original Folder"

If you see the message “You do not have sufficient privilege to perform this operation.”, you need to launch the Command Prompt as Administrator before running the command.

C:\Users\MyUserName\AppData\Roaming\Python>mklink /j Python39 "C:\Program Files\Python39" Junction created for Python39 <<===>> C:\Program Files\Python39

Answer 6

I did the following when I experienced the same problem: When we look at these lines in the error,

File "C:\Users\visha\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\win32\lib\pywintypes.py", line 87, in __import_pywin32_system_module__
    raise ImportError("No system module '%s' (%s)" % (modname, filename))
ImportError: No system module 'pywintypes' (pywintypes39.dll)

The pywintypes.py is searching for the (pywintypes39.dll) files in the C:\Users\visha\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\win32\lib directory hence I copied the two files 'pythoncom39.dll' and 'pywintypes39.dll' present in the 'pywin32_system32' folder, to the C:\Users\visha\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\win32\lib directory. It solved the problem for me.

Answer 7

C:\Users\lenevo\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\win32\lib . Just copy the two files 'pythoncom39.dll' and 'pywintypes39.dll' from the 'pywin32_system32' folder in the lib folder "C:\Users\lenevo\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python39\site-packages\win32\lib "

Answer 8

Try importing win32api at the top,

import win32api
import speech_recognition as sr
import pyttsx3