[Python-Dev] Re: Switching to VC.NET 2003

[Thomas Heller]

Paul Moore <pf_moore at yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> "Martin v. Loewis" <martin at v.loewis.de> writes:
>
>> Sure: Please try my installer at
>>
>> http://www.dcl.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/home/loewis/python2.4.0.msi
>
> Does this install cleanly alongside a "production" Python 2.3? Ie,
> will it leave the meaning of the "python" command, and command line
> associations for .py files, etc, unchanged?

No, it changes the associations for .py files. It would be useful to
have the option to create no associations.

As a workaround, installing the MSI file, and afterwards simply
reinstalling python-2.3.3.exe seems to work fine.

Thomas