Hi, I was trying to import Zope interactively in the PythonWin IDE to play and study Zope a bit more. It caused quite some problems but I got it now. :-) 1. Go to Tools -> Edit Python Path. Right-click on the "PythonPath" node, -> "Add Key" -> type "Zope" into the dialog. Right click on the new "Zope" node, -> "Add Value". Insert the path to {yourZopeHomeInstallDir}/lib/python. (Adding this to the PythonPath directly didn't work for me!?) 2. On the FileSystem in {yourZopeHomeInstallDir}/lib/python add an empty __init__.py (to include all modules in the subdirs) 3. Restart PythonWin and your done. For a test: Type "import Zope" in PythonWin IDE or import DateTime. It should work now. Hope this will improve your and my understanding about the Zope-mysteries a bit more ... -- Elena PS.: If I just could use Activestate Python 2.2 with my Zope 2.6.1 I would be even more happy. Up to now I get the message that the python21.dll doesn't fit to the Python if I start Zope on python2.2. grepping for "python21.dll" shows that a lot of *.pyc files in ../lib/python contain it and seem to call it.