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Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output – while installing auto-py-to-exe through pip

Edit Since this answer was posted, gevent has released several new versions, including prebuilt wheels for Python 3.8 on Windows, so the pip install gevent –pre shouldn’t be necessary anymore – just run pip install auto-py-to-exe as usual and it should work. Original answer Allow prerelease gevent versions via $ pip install gevent –pre $ … Read more

I need to match or replace an asterisk * in a batch environmental variable using only native Windows commands. Is this possible?

The easy answer is no. The problem that you’re encountering stems from the fact that the asterisk * is a special character when used with the SET search and replace method. It matches multiple characters in a limited, but still useful, way. You can learn about that here. The hard answer is Yes! I will … Read more

Using a WScript.shell activeX to execute a command line

According to the following: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d5fk67ky%28v=vs.84%29.aspx You should be able to pass the commands directly as part of the strCommand param, you’d probably be better off getting rid of the extra quotes wrapping the entire command and arguments: function callShellApplication(){ var objShell = new ActiveXObject(“WScript.shell”); objShell.run(‘c:\wkhtmltopdf.exe c:\PDFTestPage.html c:\TEST.pdf’); } Also you should be able to handle … Read more