[Python-Dev] DLL in the system directory on Windows.

[Tim Peters]

[Mark Hammond]
> The 1.6a1 installer on Windows copies Python16.dll into the Python
> directory, rather than the system32 directory like 1.5.x.  We
> discussed too long ago on this list not why this was probably not
> going to work.  I guess Guido decided to "suck it and see" - which
> is fine.
>
> But guess what - it doesnt work :-(
> ...
> I dont see any better answer than System32 :-(  Thoughts?

Same as yours!  Guido went off and innovated here -- always a bad sign
<wink>.

OTOH, I've got no use for "Program Files" -- make the cmdline version easy
to use too.