Updated all old links (dead links, redirects and non-https)

AutoDuck/pyhtml.fmt

@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ $(def1)$4$(par)
 
 .tag=pyseeapi, html, 1, 1
 .pre=$(rmh)Win32 API References$(rmhe)$(par)
-.format=$(term1)Search for <i>$1</i> at <a href="http://search.msdn.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?view=msdn&query=$1" target="_blank">msdn</a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=$1" target="_blank">google</a> or <a href="http://groups.google.com/groups?q=$1" target="_blank">google groups</a>.$(par)
+.format=$(term1)Search for <i>$1</i> at <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-ca/search/?terms=$1" target="_blank">msdn</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=$1" target="_blank">google</a> or <a href="https://groups.google.com/groups?q=$1" target="_blank">google groups</a>.$(par)
 
 .tag=pyundocmfc, html, 2, 1
 .pre=$(rmh)Undocumented MFC References$(par)

AutoDuck/pywin32-document.xml

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
         <item name="View the change log" href="html/CHANGES.txt"/>
     </important>
     <links>
-        <item name="Python Web Site" href="http://www.python.org"/>
+        <item name="Python Web Site" href="https://www.python.org"/>
         <item name="Python for Win32 Extensions Site" href="https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32"/>
-        <item name="Python for Win32 mailing list" href="http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32"/>
-        <item name="Tim Golden's Python pages" href="http://timgolden.me.uk/python/"/>
-        <item name="Paul Boddie's Python COM tutorial" href="http://thor.prohosting.com/~pboddie/Python/COM.html"/>
+        <item name="Python for Win32 mailing list" href="https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32"/>
+        <item name="Tim Golden's Python pages" href="https://timgolden.me.uk/python/"/>
+        <item name="Paul Boddie's Python COM tutorial" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090314180624/http://thor.prohosting.com:80/~pboddie/Python/COM.html"/>
     </links>
     <category id="win32" label="Win32 API">
         <overviews>

CHANGES.txt

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ or
     https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32/compare/b3xx...main
 
 As of build 305, installation .exe files have been deprecated; see
-https://mhammond.github.io/pywin32_installers.html.
+https://mhammond.github.io/pywin32_installers.html .
 
 Coming in build 309, as yet unreleased
 --------------------------------------

Pythonwin/contents.d

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ If the first fold in the file is collapsed, all top-level folds are opened.  Oth
 @flag Ctrl+Down|Recall the next command in the history list.
 
 @topic Source code folding in the editor|
-Thanks to Scintilla (http://www.scintilla.org), Pythonwin supports
+Thanks to Scintilla (https://www.scintilla.org), Pythonwin supports
 source code folding.  Folding is the ability to collapse sections of
 your source-code into a single line, making it easier to navigate
 around large files.  Any Python statement which introduces a new block

Pythonwin/doc/debugger/index.html

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 <H1><IMG SRC="pythonwin.gif" WIDTH=64 HEIGHT=64>Pythonwin Debugger Overview </H1>
 <B><P>News Flash:</P>
-</B><P>We take full advantage of Scintilla from Neil Hodgson (see <a HREF="http://www.scintilla.org">scintilla.org</a>)  This offers a much better interface, including Visual C++/VB type indicators for breakpoints in the left
+</B><P>We take full advantage of Scintilla from Neil Hodgson (see <a HREF="https://www.scintilla.org">scintilla.org</a>)  This offers a much better interface, including Visual C++/VB type indicators for breakpoints in the left
 column, etc</P>
 <P>This document gives a general overview of the Pythonwin Debugger package. </P>
 

Pythonwin/pywin/Demos/guidemo.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     ("OCX Serial Port Demo", "from ocx import ocxserialtest; ocxserialtest.test()"),
     (
         "Internet Explorer Control Demo",
-        'from ocx import webbrowser; webbrowser.Demo("http://www.python.org")',
+        'from ocx import webbrowser; webbrowser.Demo("https://www.python.org")',
     ),
 ]
 

Pythonwin/pywin/Demos/ocx/flash.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # simple flash/python application demonstrating bidirectional
 # communicaion between flash and python. Click the sphere to see
 # behavior. Uses Bounce.swf from FlashBounce.zip, available from
-# http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~saul/vb_examples/tutorial12/
+# https://cspages.ucalgary.ca/~saul/vb_examples/tutorial12/
 
 # Update to the path of the .swf file (note it could be a true URL)
 flash_url = "c:\\bounce.swf"

Pythonwin/pywin/Demos/ocx/webbrowser.py

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def __init__(self, url=None):
         if url is None:
             self.url = regutil.GetRegisteredHelpFile("Main Python Documentation")
             if self.url is None:
-                self.url = "http://www.python.org"
+                self.url = "https://www.python.org"
         else:
             self.url = url
         pass  # Don't call base class doc/view version...

Pythonwin/pywin/framework/help.py

@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ def OpenHelpFile(fileName, helpCmd=None, helpArg=None):
         # XXX - using the htmlhelp API wreaks havoc with keyboard shortcuts
         # so we disable it, forcing ShellExecute, which works fine (but
         # doesn't close the help file when Pythonwin is closed.
-        # Tom Heller also points out http://www.microsoft.com/mind/0499/faq/faq0499.asp,
+        # Tom Heller also points out
+        # https://web.archive.org/web/20070519165457/http://www.microsoft.com:80/mind/0499/faq/faq0499.asp ,
         # which may or may not be related.
         elif 0 and ext == ".chm":
             import win32help

Pythonwin/readme.html

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ <H2><A NAME="RecentChanges">Recent Changes</A></H2>
 finish.</P>
 <P>Support for Scintilla's indentation guides, that gives a nice indication of
 the block structure.</P>
-<P>New, improved color editor, using the Scintilla control by Neil Hodgson (see <A HREF="http://hare.net.au/~neilh/ScintillaTide.html">http://hare.net.au/~neilh/ScintillaTide.html</A>). The debugger now requires use of this editor.</P>
+<P>New, improved color editor, using the Scintilla control by Neil Hodgson (see <A HREF="https://www.scintilla.org/">https://www.scintilla.org/</A>). The debugger now requires use of this editor.</P>
 <P>Much better printing support from Roger Burnham. Pythonwin itself still can't print anything, but the framework can (meaning some kind soul could now add the support to Pythonwin :-)</P>
 <P>DDE support is complete.</P>
 <P>Reference helpfile is far more complete.</P>

README.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ for all bugs or features are also welcome.
 However, please **do not open github issues for general support requests**, or
 for problems or questions using the modules in this package - they will be
 closed. For such issues, please email the
-[python-win32 mailing list](http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32) -
+[python-win32 mailing list](https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32) -
 note that you must be subscribed to the list before posting.
 
 ## Binaries

SWIG/pywin32_swig.patch

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The patch is against SWIG-1.1p5 which can be found at:
 
 or
 
-  http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/downloads/swig1.1p5.tar.gz
+  https://web.archive.org/web/20110527063221/http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/downloads/swig1.1p5.tar.gz
 
 To build the version of SWIG:
 

adodbapi/__init__.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 """adodbapi - A python DB API 2.0 (PEP 249) interface to Microsoft ADO
 
 Copyright (C) 2002 Henrik Ekelund, version 2.1 by Vernon Cole
-* http://sourceforge.net/projects/adodbapi
+* https://sourceforge.net/projects/adodbapi
 """
 
 import time

adodbapi/ado_consts.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # ADO enumerated constants documented on MSDN:
-# http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms678353(VS.85).aspx
+# https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ado/reference/ado-api/ado-enumerated-constants
+# TODO: Update to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ado/reference/ado-api/ado-enumerated-constants
 
 # IsolationLevelEnum
 adXactUnspecified = -1
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ def ado_direction_name(ado_dir):
 
 # DataTypeEnum - ADO Data types documented at:
 # http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms675318.aspx
+# TODO: Update to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ado/reference/ado-api/datatypeenum
 adArray = 0x2000
 adEmpty = 0x0
 adBSTR = 0x8

adodbapi/adodbapi.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 """adodbapi - A python DB API 2.0 (PEP 249) interface to Microsoft ADO
 
 Copyright (C) 2002 Henrik Ekelund, versions 2.1 and later by Vernon Cole
-* http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32
+* https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32
 * https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32
-* http://sourceforge.net/projects/adodbapi
+* https://sourceforge.net/projects/adodbapi
 
     This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
     django adaptations and refactoring by Adam Vandenberg
 
-DB-API 2.0 specification: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/
+DB-API 2.0 specification: https://peps.python.org/pep-0249/
 
 This module source should run correctly in CPython versions 2.7 and later,
 or CPython 3.4 or later.
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ def connect(*args, **kwargs):  # --> a db-api connection object
 
     call using:
     :connection_string -- An ADODB formatted connection string, see:
-         * http://www.connectionstrings.com
-         * http://www.asp101.com/articles/john/connstring/default.asp
+         * https://www.connectionstrings.com
+         * https://www.codeguru.com/dotnet/whats-in-an-ado-connection-string/
+         * https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/data/adonet/connection-strings
     :timeout -- A command timeout value, in seconds (default 30 seconds)
     """
     co = Connection()  # make an empty connection object
@@ -474,7 +475,7 @@ def _suggest_error_class(self):
         """Introspect the current ADO Errors and determine an appropriate error class.
 
         Error.SQLState is a SQL-defined error condition, per the SQL specification:
-        http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~shadow/sql/sql1992.txt
+        https://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~shadow/sql/sql1992.txt
 
         The 23000 class of errors are integrity errors.
         Error 40002 is a transactional integrity error.

adodbapi/apibase.py

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 """adodbapi.apibase - A python DB API 2.0 (PEP 249) interface to Microsoft ADO
 
 Copyright (C) 2002 Henrik Ekelund, version 2.1 by Vernon Cole
-* http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32
-* http://sourceforge.net/projects/adodbapi
+* https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32
+* https://sourceforge.net/projects/adodbapi
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations

adodbapi/quick_reference.md

@@ -39,19 +39,17 @@ be able to process this information in either format. The resulting mass
 of confusion is called a "connection string". There is an entire web
 site dedicated to giving examples of connection strings in numerous
 combinations. See
-[http://www.connectionstrings.com](http://www.connectionstrings.com/)
+[https://www.connectionstrings.com](https://www.connectionstrings.com/)
 
 The software which connects ODBC to an engine is called a "Driver". One
 which talks in ADO is called a "Provider". Sometimes there will be a
 Provider for a Driver.
 
 ### Driver (and Provider) download links
 
-The current (as of 2019) SQL Server OLE DB provider (which they call a
-"driver" here) is
-<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56730> which
-is linked from, and explained [here, in their
-document.](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/oledb/oledb-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-2017)
+The current SQL Server OLE DB provider (which they call a
+"driver" here) is explained and can be downloaded from
+[their document](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/oledb/download-oledb-driver-for-sql-server#download).
 
 - Jet (ACCESS database) and other file datasets (like .xls and .csv) "ACE"
 Provider:
@@ -61,21 +59,17 @@ Windows. Note that you are not permitted load the 32 bit "ACE" provider
 if you have any 64-bit Office components installed. Conventional wisdom
 says that you must use 64 bit Python in this case. However, see the
 answer in
-<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12270453/ms-access-db-engine-32-bit-with-office-64-bit>.
+<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12270453/ms-access-db-engine-32-bit-with-office-64-bit>.
 If you decide to try hacking the installers, you may find
-<http://www.pantaray.com/msi_super_orca.html> to be a useful alternative
-to Orca. My experience is that such a [hacked installer (like this
-one)](http://shares.digvil.info/redis) can also be used on machines
-where "click to buy" versions of Office have been removed, but are still
-blocking installation of the redistributable provider.
+<https://www.pantaray.com/msi_super_orca.html> to be a useful alternative to Orca.
 
 - To use any ODBC driver from 64 bit Python, you also need the MSDASQL
-provider. It is shipped with Server 2008, and Vista and later.
+provider, which is shipped with Windows.
 
-- MySQL driver <http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/>
-or MariaDB driver <https://downloads.mariadb.org/connector-odbc/>
+- MySQL driver <https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/>
+or MariaDB driver <https://mariadb.org/connector-odbc/all-releases/>
 or `choco install mysql.odbc`
-- PostgreSQL driver <http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/odbc/versions/msi/>
+- PostgreSQL driver <https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/odbc/releases/>
 (scroll all the way to the bottom) or `choco install psqlodbc`.
 
 \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\--
@@ -89,7 +83,7 @@ the PEP-249 api. I may write a book later. Here, I only intend to cover
 the extensions and special features of adodbapi. The PEP-249 database
 access api specification is found at:
 
-<http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/>
+<https://peps.python.org/pep-0249/>
 
 ### Module level attributes
 

adodbapi/readme.txt

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ adodbapi
 A Python DB-API 2.0 (PEP-249) module that makes it easy to use Microsoft ADO
 for connecting with databases and other data sources using CPython.
 
-Home page: <http://sourceforge.net/projects/adodbapi>
+Home page: <https://sourceforge.net/projects/adodbapi>
 
 Features:
 * 100% DB-API 2.0 (PEP-249) compliant (including most extensions and recommendations).
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Prerequisites:
 
 Installation:
 * (C-Python on Windows): Install pywin32 (`python -m pip install pywin32`) which includes adodbapi.
-* (IronPython on Windows): Download adodbapi from http://sf.net/projects/adodbapi.  Unpack the zip.
+* (IronPython on Windows): Download adodbapi from https://sourceforge.net/projects/adodbapi/ .  Unpack the zip.
 
 NOTE: ...........
 If you do not like the new default operation of returning Numeric columns as decimal.Decimal,
@@ -69,15 +69,16 @@ what's new in version 2.5
 
 License
 -------
-LGPL, see http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php
+LGPL, see https://opensource.org/license/lgpl-2-1
 
 Documentation
 -------------
 
-Look at adodbapi/quick_reference.md
-http://www.python.org/topics/database/DatabaseAPI-2.0.html
-read the examples in adodbapi/examples
-and look at the test cases in adodbapi/test directory.
+Look at:
+- `adodbapi/quick_reference.md`
+- https://wiki.python.org/moin/DatabaseProgramming#The_DB-API
+- read the examples in adodbapi/examples
+- and the test cases in `adodbapi/test directory`
 
 Mailing lists
 -------------

adodbapi/setup.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = (
     """A pure Python package implementing PEP 249 DB-API using Microsoft ADO."""
 )
-URL = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/adodbapi"
+URL = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/adodbapi"
 LICENSE = "LGPL"
 CLASSIFIERS = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",

adodbapi/test/adodbapitestconfig.py

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
         "Provider=MSDASQL;Driver={PostgreSQL Unicode(x64)}",
         "Driver=PostgreSQL Unicode",
     ]
-    # get driver from http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/odbc/versions/
+    # get driver from https://www.postgresql.org/ftp/odbc/releases/
     # test using positional and keyword arguments (bad example for real code)
     print("    ...Testing PostgreSQL login to {}...".format(_computername))
     doPostgresTest, connStrPostgres, dbPostgresConnect = tryconnection.try_connection(

build_env.md

@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ way to build pywin32 - it's build process should find these tools automatically.
 
 ## For Visual Studio 2019
 
-- Install the [Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=BuildTools&rel=16#) (`vs_BuildTools.exe` ~ 1 MB)
+- Install the [Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019](https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=Build%20Tools%20for%20Visual%20Studio%202019) (Version 16.0)
+  Public landing page: <https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/older-downloads/#2019-family>
 
 - Maybe stop your virus scanner
 - In `Visual Studio Installer`:

com/TestSources/PyCOMTest/PyCOMImpl.cpp

@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ HRESULT CPyCOMTest::Fire(long nID)
             if (FAILED(hr))
                 break;
             // call FireWithNamedParams a variety of ways.
-            // See http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms221653.aspx
+            // See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-ca/previous-versions/windows/desktop/automat/passing-parameters
             // "Passing Parameters (Component Automation)" for details.
 
             OLECHAR *names2[] = {L"OnFireWithNamedParams"};

com/help/active_directory.html

@@ -276,7 +276,11 @@ <h2><a name="Conclusion">In Conclusion</a></h2>
 <h1><a name="Further Info">Further Info</a></h1>
 <p>
 <ul>
-<li><a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com">Microsoft MSDN references</a>
+<li>
+  <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/active-directory/active-directory-overview">
+    Windows Active Directory documentation
+  </a>
+</li>
 </ul>
 </p>
 <hr><h1><a name="Author">Author</a></h1>

com/help/adsi.html

@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@
 <hr>
 <h1><a name="SUMMARY">SUMMARY</a></h1>
 <p>
-Python's adsi access works really well with Exchange (late or early binding since you can read microsoft's type library).
-To get started, you will need to download adsi from microsoft:
-<a href="https://www.microsoft.com/windows/server/Technical/directory/adsilinks.asp">Microsoft ADSI</a>.
+Python's ADSI access works really well with Exchange (late or early binding since you can read microsoft's type library).
+To get started, you will need to download ADSI from microsoft:
+<a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/adsi/setting-up-your-development-environment">Setting Up Your Development Environment</a>.
 Microsoft has documentation for using languages other than python in the sdk.
 </p>
 
@@ -89,9 +89,10 @@ <h2><a name="Introduction">Introduction</a></h2>
 </table>
 
 <br>
-<strong>Note</strong> -- the fourth argument to opendsobject has various options for how to authenticate.
+<strong>Note</strong> -- the fourth argument to OpenDSObject has various options for how to authenticate.
 For example, if you use 1 instead of zero, it should either use NTLM or Kerberos for authentication.
-For more information, check out: <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/server/Technical/directory/adsilinks.asp">OpenDSObject</a>
+For more information, check out:
+ <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/iads/nf-iads-iadsopendsobject-opendsobject">OpenDSObject</a>
 
 <p>
 The ex_path in the above example specifies the resource you are trying to access.  For example:
@@ -264,9 +265,11 @@ <h2><a name="Conclusion">In Conclusion</a></h2>
 <h1><a name="Further Info">Further Info</a></h1>
 <p>
 <ul>
-<li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com">Microsoft MSDN references</a>
-<li><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/server/Technical/directory/adsilinks.asp">Microsoft ADSI</a>
-<li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?URL=/library/psdk/adsi/if_core_3uic.htm">Microsoft MSDN ADSI reference</a>
+<li>
+  <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/ADSI">
+    Windows Active Directory Service Interfaces documentation
+  </a>
+</li>
 <li>Relevant Python libraries: win32com.client
 </ul>
 </p>

com/help/asp.d

@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ block -- they don't extend past intervening html to the next block. For
 me that normally isn't an issue, since I do not like mixing code and
 html. Prefering a clean split of code and html, I generally
 generate webpages using templates all in python w/HTMLgen. Take a look
-at: http://www.python.org/topics/web/HTML.html for available resources
-w/HTML.  An very basic page would look like:
+at: https://wiki.python.org/moin/WebBrowserProgramming and
+https://wiki.python.org/moin/Asking%20for%20Help/How%20to%20run%20python%20from%20HTML
+for available resources w/HTML.  A very basic page would look like:
 
 @ex Basic Python ASP page: |