Message 53340 - Python tracker (original) (raw)

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I'm not clear on what problem you're trying to solve.
Fiddling PATH is highly anti-social on Windows, so I'm opposed to it even if it were easy (embedded spaces are easy; there are many ways to screw up a Win9x box by failures in editing autoexec.bat, from line-length limitations to failing to handle multiple PATH lines correctly).

You can find the location of Python's install directory via the registry. You can also use "start xxx.py" (or os.startfile() from within Python) to use the registered executable for .py and .pyw files. That's how Windows is supposed to be used.

In any case, PythonLabs doesn't have the bandwidth to fiddle with this even if I wanted to; any change here would have to be implemented by a community volunteer; or if it's important enough to pay for it, ActiveState may be willing to implement it in their installer.

BTW, if I were distributing a serious Windows app using Python, I'd ship the version of Python I used and install it along with my app, into a subdirectory of my app's directory. That's how, e.g., PythonWare distributes their apps. Then you have total control over it.