import pythoncom fails with conda (pywintypes27.dll and pythoncom27.dll not found)

[ghost]

With pywin32 build 219 installed via conda on python 2.7, importing pythoncom fails with
ImportError: No system module 'pywintypes' (pywintypes27.dll)

The issue is that the library pywintypes27.dll is stored not in
pathtovenv\lib\site-packages\win32\lib\pywintypes27.dll
but in
pathtovenv\lib\site-packages\win32\pywintypes27.dll

Adding in the file win32\lib\pywintypes.py the elif part herebelow solves the issue

:::python

    if found is None:
        # Not in the Python directory?  Maybe we were installed via
        # easy_install...
        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), filename)):
            found = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), filename)
        elif os.path.isfile(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", filename)):
            found = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", filename)

Reported by: sdementen

Original Ticket: pywin32/bugs/685

[Avasam]

Paths and services issues are replicated in many other issues with more details. Like in #1455 (comment), #1399 and #1865 (and many old closed issues with less details)