[Python-Dev] Python for windows. (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Fri Nov 28 10:34:36 CET 2008

Mark Hammond wrote:

Greg writes:

Mark Hammond wrote:

The only conflict I see here is the requirement to install into "\Program Files" Doesn't that just mean that if an OEM decides to preinstall it, they need to put it in Program Files? They're at liberty to do that. I'm not very familiar with the OEM process, but I believe the software is automatically installed after the first boot from MSI files supplied by the OEM partner (so technically, its not "pre-installed" at all). I don't know enough about how that works to know how easy it would be to override that option during installation - hopefully Gerald will fill us in with more details... [Hrm - looking closer at that HTML link I sent before, it says specifically "Per-machine installs must install to Program Files by default in order to pass this test case" - that seems pretty clear...]

Given that the links in Gerald's examples were under Program Files, I had assumed that HP were tweaking the installer at least that much...

Cheers, Nick.

-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia

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