Pywin32 issues running under embedded python

[Zarxrax]

Hi, thanks for PythonEmbed4Win, this is been very helpful!
I came across some issues with the package Pywin32, and was wondering how PythonEmbed4Win might be updated to better accommodate it?
It turns out this package was a dependency of a dependency of a dependency for another application I was trying to run, so I don't really know why it may not be working correctly with embedded python, but it looks like it copies some dll files and has a script that runs post install.
There is more info here: mhammond/pywin32#1618
However, I tried the steps listed there, but couldn't resolve the issue.

[jtmoon79]

Hi @Zarxrax thanks for reporting.
Can you list the exact commands you ran, and the exact error that occurred, and the platform you are running on?

[Zarxrax]

Hi, thanks for getting back to me.
It ultimately turned out that the pywin32 package was not a critical dependency, and I was able to easily remove it from what I was using, so I don't particularly care about it any more.
But for completeness, I was trying to install SAM2. Following the instructions they provide for installation and the sample code for image prediction. (and I am running windows 10)
Then it would ultimately come down to the following error:

    import portalocker  # type: ignore
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "F:\sam2\python-3.12.5-embed-amd64\Lib\site-packages\portalocker\__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from . import __about__, constants, exceptions, portalocker
  File "F:\sam2\python-3.12.5-embed-amd64\Lib\site-packages\portalocker\portalocker.py", line 22, in <module>
    import pywintypes
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pywintypes'

And searching about "No module named 'pywintypes'" on Google showed me many posts talking about a post-installation script which led me to the github issue I linked in my first post.