[Python-bugs-list] [Bug #129998] "Corrupt installation" when installed without admin privs

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Bug #129998, was updated on 2001-Jan-24 17:57
Here is a current snapshot of the bug.

Project: Python
Category: Windows
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Bug Group: Platform-specific
Priority: 5
Submitted by: tlau
Assigned to : nobody
Summary: "Corrupt installation" when installed without admin privs

Details: On Windows 2000, when logged in a user without administrator
privileges, attempting to run the Python 2.0 installer results in a single
dialog box saying "Corrupt installation detected" and then the installer
exits.

This should be a more informative error message.  I downloaded the 5MB
installer three times before suspecting the correct cause of the problem. 
When the same binary is run as a user with the correct privileges, it
correctly begins the installation process.

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