Python 2.2 unwise.exe

[David Bolen]

Tim Peters <tim.one at comcast.net> writes:

> [Robin Becker]
> > Anyone else had a problem un-installing 2.2 for win32? When I tried to
> > un-install 2.2 prior to installing 2.2.1 I got an error saying it had
> > already been un-installed.
> >
> > Tried the link in start menu and it said no unwise.exe was there.
> 
> Yes, I've seen this happen several times, but only under Win9X, not Win2K.
> Which flavor of Windows are you using?   So far you're the only other one to
> report it.  I can't account for it:  the installer definitely creates
> UNWISE.EXE in the right place (the root of your Python tree), but sometimes
> "it goes missing" later.  Exactly when and why remains a mystery to me.  It
> may be related to unplanned <ahem> system crashes.

It happened to me under WinNT 4.0 SP4.  As far as I can recall I
haven't had any abnormal shutdown of this system since installing 2.2.

I ended up just copying the unwise.exe from a Python 2.1 directory and
it un-installed fine.  UnWisePW32.exe was present - just unwise.exe
was missing.

It seems to be in place ok at the moment from the 2.2.1 install.  But
I can't say that I ever checked or noticed if it was properly present
after first installing 2.2.

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