self-extracting installators in Python?

[Harald Massa]

Sylwa,


>It is really great thanks!
> Anyway, I don't like the fact that it creates a separate "program" in
> the
> Add/Remove dialog on Windows :( I don't want any of my patches to be
> placed there ... Can I avoid it?

please do your research on 

http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php


That is the inno setup home page, and inno setup is doing this additions 
to "add/remove" dialog.

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next: the world leading pc software manufacturer puts his patches into 
"add/remove Programs dialog" on windows. And in corporate installations 
it is not a bad idea ... imagine the dialog 
"did you install Patch xxxx?" 
"how can I know?"
"look at Settings, control panel, software..."

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next: the lines in add/remove program are nothing more than registry 
keys.
And google python modify registry will lead you to some samples of 
removing that key AFTER installation

HTH

Harald