It seems there are a lot of wishes for wininst, maybe it is time to write a bdist_wininst PEP? What I have collected in my mind: - The default installation directory should be \Python\Lib\site-packages instead of \Python. - The installer should be able to install in a directory supplied by the user, comparable to what 'python setup.py --root <whatever>' does. - bdist_wininst should have more options to change the appearane of the installer: Background bitmap instead of simply displaying the installation title, possibility to change the 'python powered' bitmap into one supplied by the packager. - bdist_wininst should collect uninstall information and register an uninstaller in the windows registry. - bdist_wininst could create shortcuts in the start menu and on the desktop for scripts ('applications') installed. (I've left out problems which should be more or less solved by distutils: Installation of documentation,...) Are there more? Thomas