On 29 May 2015 at 23:15, Glenn Linderman <v+python@g.nevcal.com> wrote:
I don't presently see any C:\Python34\DLLs or C:\Python34 on my path, but I didn't ask the installer to put it there either. So I'm guessing your option 1 assumes asking the Python installer to put it there? Not "automatically" but "on request", I think?
In my c:\Python34\DLLs, I don't see a python34.dll, only python3.dll... so I'm somewhat unclear on your simplified explanation.
I'm definitely batting zero today :-( OK, let's try to be clear. I typically do "all users" installs. The "for me only" install is slightly different, and the new install for 3.5 may be different again. But what I see is: 1. C:\Python34\DLLs containins python3.dll, which is *never* on PATH (and doesn't need to be for normal use). Anything that wants to use python3.dll needs that directory manually adding to PATH. 2. python34.dll is in C:\Windows\System32. This is always available to all processes, as it's in the Windows system directory. If you say "add Python to my PATH" you get C:\Python34 added to PATH. For a user install, I believe python34.dll may be in there rather than in C:\Windows\system32, so technically, for an app that uses python34.dll to work, you need *either* an admin install, *or* to have done "add Python to PATH". I hope that made sense. Sorry for my garbled previous version. Paul