[Python-Dev] Re: Switching to VC.NET 2003 (original) (raw)

Martin v. Loewis martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Dec 30 18:05:57 EST 2003

Paul Moore wrote:

Does this install cleanly alongside a "production" Python 2.3? Ie, will it leave the meaning of the "python" command, and command line associations for .py files, etc, unchanged?

No. It will overwrite the associations, and, upon uninstallation, it will entirely remove them.

OTOH, it does install into a separate folder, and it creates shortcuts in a separate start menu folder.

As a test install, I'd like it to have no effect on my main Python (I have no test machine to install on separately).

You could generate such an installer yourself, setting a variable in msi.py. However, I can make installation of the shortcuts optional, in future builds of the installer (to be enabled through a public MSI property).

Regards, Martin

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