Topic: [REQUESTS] Minimal Electrum builds for Windows - page 7. (Read 47201 times)

I don't see any electrum.dat files, just electrum files. i deleted everything and the shadow window still comes up. Somehow, it remembers my wallet transaction details??? I thought I deleted everything...

Can you search your C:\users\sovereign108 folder (+sub folders) for all occurrences of electrum.dat ? Do you find several?

Just a wild guess, could it be that the BSOD has corrupted some of your directory structure somehow?

Perhaps time to make a fresh profile? I was actually wondering if that 'shadow' window you've been getting is not caused by some corruption in the current profile...

I did see this message though in the console (electrum still works though)...

Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2012, 23:31:26)

Type "electrum -help" for a list of available commands.
(Full documentation at https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Electrum)
---

11/09/2012 10:00:24.56> e
Install zbar package to enable QR scans
Connected to electrum.bitcoins.sk:50001
Exception in thread Thread-1:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Sovereign108\AppData\Roaming\Electrum_SysFiles\1.01-g2\C_\Pyt
hon27\lib\threading.py", line 551, in __bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "C:\Users\Sovereign108\AppData\Roaming\Electrum_SysFiles\1.01-g2\C_\Ele
ctrumPY\lib\interface.py", line 426, in run
    self.handle_response(response)
  File "C:\Users\Sovereign108\AppData\Roaming\Electrum_SysFiles\1.01-g2\C_\Ele
ctrumPY\lib\interface.py", line 376, in handle_response
    self.wallet.receive_history_callback(addr, result)
  File "C:\Users\Sovereign108\AppData\Roaming\Electrum_SysFiles\1.01-g2\C_\Ele
ctrumPY\lib\wallet.py", line 865, in receive_history_callback
    self.save()
  File "C:\Users\Sovereign108\AppData\Roaming\Electrum_SysFiles\1.01-g2\C_\Ele
ctrumPY\lib\wallet.py", line 670, in save
    f = open(self.path,"w")
IOError: [Errno 22] invalid mode ('w') or filename: 'C:\\Users\\Sovereign108\\
AppData\\Local\\Electrum\\electrum.dat'

Disconnected.
Poking

Didn't do anything Just a restart from a BSOD, and a couple of times closing and opening electrum for various reason.....

Address Labels and other preferences are saved in the wallet (electrum.dat) file. Can you give more details as to what happened?   Did you try to edit, move or delete  the wallet file?

HI, I've got another issue with electrum! basically, all of my receive address labels have vanished! Are they supposed to be saved or what?

Hmmm I will get a Windows 7 machine soon so hopefully I will be able to
further investigate this...

Well, it just happened once after startup without me loading the console. After it loaded once, that shadow window doesn't come up again console or not. The shadow remains after I quit electrum and I have no idea how to get rid of it!

 
No other users reported this "shadow window" issue on Windows 7 (both 32 and 64bit), so it's pretty strange...

Does it also happen when you type "e"?
And are you able to close it somehow or do you have to kill the process?

.....but loading electrum still leaves that halo of a shadow for a small window. I posted a screenshot some time ago. What could be causing that?

Now gonna google python vs ruby Love those showdowns...

Great! And thanks for your patience too!

Please don't hate Python, without Python there would be no Electrum

Yea, that worked like a charm thanks for your efforts! I still hate Python though!!!

Electrum is a great lightweight client

OK, we're almost there... What about this one?

As for Python 3.2, I don't know if Electrum runs on it, but the 2.7 branch is usually considered more stable for mission-critical applications (for now) and still has more libraries available anyway. Also, it is still being officially updated.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but it doesn't work! It does work via the Python cmd console though, I just type e and thats it! using python 27.

Just curious, does electrum work with python 32?

@Sovereign108:

How does this build work out for you?

Hopefully this should fix the startup problem that you've experienced.

Why not just standardize it, it can only remove incompatibilities? Also, I tried removing the environment variables where python was present and that didn't go too well!

Great news!

I will try to make another build that fixes this issue for you (within the next few days).
In the meantime, I guess it should work if you just clear the PYTHONPATH and PYTHONHOME
 environment variables in your Windows settings.

This build is compact in the sense that it only includes essential Electrum files and dependencies,
anything extra (add-on scripts, scanning module, etc) are not included to keep the package small
and fast. If you want to experiment with all the extras, you will need to install it from source, at this time.

Hey, this finally worked! Electrum is definitely fast and simple, I like the brain wallet thing and the fact that the wallet is in the cloud.

So I hope I don't have to always start electrum via Python Console?

Also, its called a compact build. Does that mean some features were trimmed off?

Also try these commands:

set PythonHome=
set PythonPath=


and then:

e

If you just type "python" (without the quotes), what do you get? specifically, what version number is displayed?

BTW, to exit the Python interpreter, type quit().