On 12 February 2014 20:38, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com> wrote:
It *does* seem that Python and Windows is becoming a sadder story -- I know, use Linux. :-)
Actually, we've been substantially improving the Windows integration to make things easier for new users, which is the main reason the Windows installer has become substantially less tolerant of corruption of the registry state (which is effectively what occurs when you just delete the Python directory instead of uninstalling it through Add/Remove programs).
Agreed, I feel that the user's experience of Python on Windows has been steadily improving. Thanks to everyone for this. The one thing that I sometimes miss is a "portable" distribution (i.e., unzip and run, do any PATH manipulation etc that you want yourself). But it's easy to make one yourself, so no real issue there. Paul