AttributeError: module 'os' has no attribute 'getuid'

[phairplay]

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hi can you please help. ive installed all the required packages, yet i get the below error when running htpc.py
could you please help

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• Python version 3.7

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• the program to start

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C:\HTPC-Manager3>python3 htpc.py
2022-09-26 22:02:04 :: root :: INFO :: Welcome to the Python 3 port of Hellowlol's HTPC Manager fork
2022-09-26 22:02:04 :: root :: INFO :: Loglevel set to info
2022-09-26 22:02:04 :: htpc.updater :: INFO :: Using GitUpdater engine
2022-09-26 22:02:04 :: apscheduler.scheduler :: INFO :: Added job "Updater.update_needed" to job store "default"
2022-09-26 22:02:04 :: modules.kodi :: WARNING :: No configured kodi-Servers.
2022-09-26 22:02:04 :: modules.newznab :: WARNING :: No configured Indexers.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\HTPC-Manager3\modules\stats.py", line 26, in admin
    is_admin = os.getuid() == 0
AttributeError: module 'os' has no attribute 'getuid'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "htpc.py", line 254, in <module>
    main()
  File "htpc.py", line 245, in main
    load_modules()
  File "htpc.py", line 82, in load_modules
    from modules.stats import Stats
  File "C:\HTPC-Manager3\modules\stats.py", line 65, in <module>
    if admin() is False:
  File "C:\HTPC-Manager3\modules\stats.py", line 28, in admin
    is_admin = ctypes.windll.shell32.IsUserAnAdmin() != 0
NameError: name 'ctypes' is not defined

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[MichaIng]

Many thanks for your report. On Windows we use a module which is not imported. Can you try to replace the stats.py with this one: #59

[phairplay]

Hi, many thanks yes that has resolved the issue of it starting up.
I have come across another I would like help with, but will raise another ticket

thank you for your help
I current run HTPC on python 2 and really want to move over to python3 :)