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"Unable to create process using ..." errors for the *.exe launchers in WinPython...\python...\Scripts

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Summary

When I run any of the *.exe files contained in the scripts directory of ...\WinPython...\python...\Scripts an error occurs with the message:
Fatal error in launcher: Unable to create process using '"'

This error is not present when running any of the .bat files in ...\WinPython...\scripts. This mostly effects launchers that doesn’t have wrapper launchers in ...\WinPython...\scripts such as pip and ipython, since this is their only point of entry.

Examples

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Versions

My version of Winpython is WinPython-64bit-3.5.2.2Qt5.

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Created 7 years ago
Comments:6 (3 by maintainers)

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stonebigcommented, Oct 14, 2016

another solution is to make winpython “fix” (un-movable), by executing ...\WinPython...\scripts\make_winpython_fix.bat

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stonebigcommented, Apr 28, 2018

there is something maybe related there: https://bugs.python.org/issue32457

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