Windows 11 pip install 403 SSL required

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Just got a new computer with windows 11, (python version 3.11.1; pip version 22.3.1) I’m trying to install pywin using “pip install pywin”. I get the error “urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: SSL is required” how do I get past that? I tried downloading pywin from pypi.org, changing HTTP to HTTPS in distribute_setup.py and installing from that directory, but it got a parameter error after that. (note: steup.py already used HTTPS)

Any thoughts?

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I’m not sure pywin is what you expect it to be, but it is intended for Pythons 2.5-3.3, not 3.11, and is superseded by the py launcher that is installed with Python 3.11.

Are you perhaps looking for pywin32 instead?

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Ah, that’s it! It’s imported as pywin in python, and been so long since I installed it on my old computer, I just didn’t realize. Thank You!

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