[Python-Dev] 'Add/Remove Programs' entry missing for 'current user only' 32-bit installations on 64-bit Windows (original) (raw)

Jurko Gospodnetić jurko.gospodnetic at pke.hr
Wed Mar 19 16:49:23 CET 2014

Hi.

On 19.3.2014. 16:38, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:

Am 17.03.14 22:10, schrieb Jurko Gospodnetić:

Fixing this required manually cleaning up leftover CPython 3.4.0rc3 windows installer registry entries. Note that the issue could not be fixed by using the CPython 3.4.0rc3 installer as it failed due to the same problem. Did you try the 3.4.0rc3 "repair" installation? That should have undeleted (repaired) the files that you had manually deleted.

I tried different things back then, and I'm 90% sure I tried that one as well. Unfortunately, my brain is already trying to block out that painful afternoon so I can't tell you for certain. :-)

But, all kidding aside, I'll try to reproduce the issue again and let you know the exact details.

Should I open a 'Add/Remove Programs' dialog related issue in the CPython issue tracker? Please do. It would also good if somebody volunteered to reproduce the issue.

Will do.

FYI, I did reproduce the 'Add/Remove Programs' dialog issue on another PC in the mean time. Also Windows 7 x64 though. Unfortunately, I don't have other 64-bit OSs readily available at the moment.

And possibly a separate one for making CPython installations not fail without possible recovery if a previous CPython installation has already been removed? Please don't. Or, at least, make it more specific. If you have manually corrupted your Python installation (by deleting essential files), you have to accept that the system installation procedures will fail. It might be possible to recover from the loss of a specific such file; for that, we would have to identify what the file is. However, the standard procedure should be to repair the installation before attempting an upgrade.

Ok, as I stated above, I'll get back to you on this once I reproduce the 'corruption' issue again.

Oh, and many thanks for replying! :-)

Best regards, Jurko Gospodnetić

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