import wmi, pywinauto print Win32 exception occurred releasing IUnknown at xxx

Expected Behavior

No Error Message like Win32 exception occurred releasing IUnknown at xxx

Actual Behavior

import wmi, pywinauto results in Error Message Win32 exception occurred releasing IUnknown at xxx

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

1. Install Python 3.7.2 32 Bit or Python 3.7.2 64 Bit
2. Create a new python File with import wmi, pywinauto
3. Execute the File >> Error Message: Win32 exception occurred releasing IUnknown at xxx

Short Example of Code to Demonstrate the Problem

import wmi, pywinauto

Specifications

• Pywinauto version: 0.6.6
• WMI version: 1.4.9
• Python version and bitness: 3.7.2 32 Bit / 64 Bit
• Platform and OS: Windows Server 2012 R2

[sunjeen]

Hi, May I ask is there any progress on this? I have also encountered the same issue, the issue only happened when pywinauto and wmi module was imported together

And this exception can be reduced by using multithreading

[airelil]

To dig further, I would suggest uninstall comtypes and try the imports again. This should allow to run pywinauto with only win32 backend