Can Python be run off of a CD-ROM?

[Eddie Corns]

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Gerhard_H=E4ring?= <gh at ghaering.de> writes:

>Eddie Corns wrote:
>> [...] I was wondering whether there was a howto on running Python from Windows
>> without it being in the registry [...]

>Here's the HOWTO, in one sentence:

>Grab a Python directory, copy the python{major}{minor}.dll from 
>%SYSTEMROOT%\system32 into this Python directory.

>In there, Python now runs standalone, and you can burn the whole 
>directory on a CD if you like.

>win32 Python does have module search paths in the registry, but they 
>aren't required.

OK ta, I will try this out.  A chance to play with my new CD rewriter too.

Eddie