Unable to import _winreg in Python 2.7.9 virtual environment

Question

I\'m running an app engine application in a virtual environment on windows 7 64bit, python 2.7.9 x64.

Here\'s the stacktrace:

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Answer 1

I had this problem a few days ago.

As said above, the GAE sandbox on Windows blocks some routines or libraries, even built-in one, because it is developed to Unix-like platform.

I opened an issue to Google Team and they passed a workaround:

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/38290292

That workaround worked well.