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Hi Matt,</div>
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Enjoyed your list options :)</div>
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I'm a consultant and have to do what your subject line asks at most clients I work at.</div>
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Here's the technique I recommend:</div>
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Install Python for the ***current user*** on another workstation with the appropriate priviledges. Then xcopy this Python folder to a USB drive. Then xcopy this folder from your USB drive to a matching folder on your locked down workstation.</div>
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The xcopy-ed version of Python will run without problems when you start the python.exe executable from a command line with a python script as a command line parameter. The only thing you won't be able to do is click on .py* files and have them automatically invoke the Python interpreter because file associations require admin rights to update the registery. I don't consider this a big deal.</div>
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Good luck!</div>
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Malcolm</div>
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