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<p class=MsoPlainText>I am a new Python user. I was experimenting with a
variety of Python versions on Windows XP, e.g. 2.6.2, 3.0.1, ActiveState
2.6.2/3.0.1, etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>I then also wanted to start using iPython, which I also
installed on my Windows XP system.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>I am also an emacs user, so I was trying to get the
Python pdb debugger to work with emacs, but I was having problems that seemed
to point to having multiple Python versions on my system.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>So, I wanted to then "clean" my system up from
all the Python versions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>After removing all of my Python versions, I then tried to
re-install just Python 2.6.2.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>However, I am now receiving an error message from the
Windows MSI installer that says:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='color:red'>"The system cannot open
the device or file specified."<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>And then a windowed message:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='color:red'>"The installer has
encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a
problem with this package. The error code is 2755."<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Now I can't install any of the previous Python packages
on my Windows laptop.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>I have tried researching this on the Internet, and it seems
to indicate a Windows registry error point to an incomplete uninstall of an
application, notably the previous Python versions that I had on my system.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Does anyone know how I could clean up the registry so
that I can successfully reinstall Python?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Many thanks in advance, Marc<o:p></o:p></p>
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