This is so I can then distribute a single standalone exe file that extracts the python core, uses the zip file with the standard library, c extensions (memory loaded), and any site-packages inside of ...

Since version 10.0.0 there are no wheels for 32-bit version of Windows present on pypi. Version 9.5.0 still had 32-bit wheels. Pillow 9.5.0 vs Pillow 10.0.1 (search for win32) We still use 32-bit ...

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Learning C, Python and win32 all at the same time is a bit much to bite off at once.<BR><BR>Now, assuming that you don't really know any programming yet, I'd learn either learn C or Python first ...