I just submitted http://www.python.org/sf/984290, which contains this text: Before a bdist_wininst created installer overwrites files it asks the user whether files should be overwritten or not. This question is annoying and doesn't seem very useful - it is too late to cancel the installation (because some files might already have been installed). I suggest to remove this question (MessageBox), and always overwrite files during the installation. Any comments? Thomas