Possible? Python 2.6.x and PythonWin on 64-bit Windows 7

[Andrej Mitrovic]

On Feb 8, 1:26 am, escalation746 <escalation... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am having a heck of a time doing the simplest thing: installing
> Python and the pywin extensions, including the PythonWin editor I have
> always relied on, into my new Windows 7 Professional 64-bit OS. I
> tried the Python package from python.org and pywin32 from sourceforge.
> But the latter would not install, saying that it could not find Python
> 2.6 in the registry. And apparently it will not let me specify the
> location of same, although a dialogue window tantalises me with blank
> text boxes I cannot type into.
>
> I then tried the 64-bit version of ActiveState's Python, but this
> installed sans the PythonWin editor, apparently. At least I cannot
> find it either in the Start menu or in the Python folder.
>
> What am I missing? What have I not been told?
>
> -- robin

Perhaps you've accidentally downloaded the wrong version of PythonWin?
I think this should be the one:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/Build%20214/pywin32-214.win-amd64-py2.6.exe/download