[Distutils] Installation on Win2K

[Bastian Kleineidam]

>Actually I have rebooted. Python.exe is in the path as revealed when I type
>path it shows up as expected. The error persists.
Hmm, ok, another point to pay attention: do not use whitespace in the
set PATH=... command. E.g. this is bad:
set PATH=c:\windows;c:\program files\python
(if python.exe is in c:\program files\python\python.exe)
Use this:
set PATH=c:\windows;c:\progra~1\python
or
set PATH=c:\windows;"c:\program files\python"

This is known to work on my Win98 system.
If this does not work for you, provide a copy of your PATH command.
You could even try the Microsoft hotline.

Bastian Kleineidam