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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Control Panel GUI does not open, can not register...","articleBody":"I just downloaded \u0026 extracted Winpython64-3.13.5.0slim.exe on my W10 computer. Wiki says for registration I have to start ControlPanel, go to menu \"Advanced\" and \"Register distribution\", but in my case no GUI shows up, only command-line help:\n\n```\nusage: wppm [-h] [-v] [--register] [--unregister] [--fix] [--movable] [-ws WHEELSOURCE] [-wd WHEELDRAIN] [-ls] [-lsa]\n            [-md] [-p] [-r] [-l LEVELS] [-t TARGET] [-i] [-u]\n            [package(s) or lockfile ...]\n\n```\nI tried to register it using command line, but I get only some strange error:\n\n```\nC:\\Users\\Jarry\\Programs\\WPy64-31350\\notebooks\u003ewppm --register\nRegister WinPython: associate file extensions, icons and context menu with this WinPython\nregistering C:\\Users\\Jarry\\Programs\\WPy64-31350\\python\ncontinue ? Y/N\nY\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"\u003cfrozen runpy\u003e\", line 198, in _run_module_as_main\n  File \"\u003cfrozen runpy\u003e\", line 88, in _run_code\n  File \"C:\\Users\\Jarry\\Programs\\WPy64-31350\\python\\Scripts\\wppm.exe\\__main__.py\", line 7, in \u003cmodule\u003e\n    sys.exit(main())\n             ~~~~^^\n  File \"C:\\Users\\Jarry\\Programs\\WPy64-31350\\python\\Lib\\site-packages\\winpython\\wppm.py\", line 345, in main\n    associate.register(dist.target, verbose=args.verbose)\n    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\n  File \"C:\\Users\\Jarry\\Programs\\WPy64-31350\\python\\Lib\\site-packages\\winpython\\associate.py\", line 243, in register\n    for path, desc, fname in _get_shortcut_data(target, current=current, has_pywin32=True):\n                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\n  File \"C:\\Users\\Jarry\\Programs\\WPy64-31350\\python\\Lib\\site-packages\\winpython\\associate.py\", line 133, in _get_shortcut_data\n    shortcut_name = str(Path(create_winpython_start_menu_folder(current=current)) / bname) + '.lnk'\n                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\n  File \"C:\\Users\\Jarry\\Programs\\WPy64-31350\\python\\Lib\\site-packages\\winpython\\associate.py\", line 49, in create_winpython_start_menu_folder\n    shutil.rmtree(path, onexc=onerror)\n    ^^^^^^\nNameError: name 'shutil' is not defined. Did you forget to import 'shutil'?\n\nC:\\Users\\Jarry\\Programs\\WPy64-31350\\notebooks\u003e\n```\n\nWhat does it mean and how can I fix it? This is my first experience with winpython, but as of now, I'm quite scared of it...","author":{"url":"https://github.com/Rhinou","@type":"Person","name":"Rhinou"},"datePublished":"2025-07-16T18:59:11.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/1693/winpython/issues/1693"}