Issue 9809: Wrong Registery Entries on win64 (original) (raw)

Issue9809

Created on 2010-09-09 05:19 by GreYFoX, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (3)
msg115929 - (view)	Author: GreY FoX (GreYFoX)	Date: 2010-09-09 05:19
Priority: 3 Keywords: 6 well python on installation on win64 adds the following registry keys: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.7] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.7\Help] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.7\Help\Main Python Documentation] @="C:\\Python27\\Doc\\python27.chm" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.7\InstallPath] @="C:\\Python27\\" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.7\InstallPath\InstallGroup] @="Python 2.7" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.7\Modules] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.7\PythonPath] @="C:\\Python27\\Lib;C:\\Python27\\DLLs;C:\\Python27\\Lib\\lib-tk" but to be found by the programs searching for it it should be: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore\2.7] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore\2.7\Help] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore\2.7\Help\Main Python Documentation] @="C:\\Python27\\Doc\\python27.chm" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore\2.7\InstallPath] @="C:\\Python27\\" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore\2.7\InstallPath\InstallGroup] @="Python 2.7" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore\2.7\Modules] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore\2.7\PythonPath] @="C:\\Python27\\Lib;C:\\Python27\\DLLs;C:\\Python27\\Lib\\lib-tk" this would fix the installer of the setuptools thanks
msg115951 - (view)	Author: Brian Curtin (brian.curtin) *	Date: 2010-09-09 15:05
Wow6432Node registry entries are for applications running WOW - aka 32-bit applications on a 64-bit platform. The 64-bit Python installer is placing its entries in the appropriate location. See the winreg documentation for information that might help fixing this setuptools bug, in particular this section: http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/winreg#bit-specific
msg116204 - (view)	Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) *	Date: 2010-09-12 15:03
As Brian explains: if you want the Wow6432 entries, install the 32-bit Python - which will install just fine on your 64-bit system, and is, in many cases, the better choice.