Solving "DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application." for Pygame

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Parseltongue picture Parseltongue · Jan 13, 2011 · Viewed 192.1k times · Source

I recently installed Python 3.1 and the Pygame module for Python 3.1 When I type import python in the console I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in <module>
    import pygame
  File "C:\Python31\lib\site-packages\pygame\__init__.py", line 95, in <module>
    from pygame.base import *
ImportError: DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.

Please help!

Answer

Senthil Kumaran picture Senthil Kumaran · Jan 13, 2011

It could be due to the architecture of your OS. Is your OS 64 Bit and have you installed 64 bit version of Python? It may help to install both 32 bit version Python 3.1 and Pygame, which is available officially only in 32 bit and you won't face this problem.

I see that 64 bit pygame is maintained here, you might also want to try uninstalling Pygame only and install the 64 bit version on your existing python3.1, if not choose go for both 32-bit version.

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