Upgrade Python 2.6.4 to 2.6.5

Werner F. Bruhin werner.bruhin at free.fr
Wed May 12 03:24:49 EDT 2010


On 11/05/2010 23:13, Martin v. Loewis wrote:
>> When will it install into system32?
>>      
> When you install "for all users".
>
>    
>>> Did the upgrade inform you that it was an upgrade, or did it warn you
>>> that you would overwrite the previous installation?
>>>
>>>        
>> It warned me that there is a previous installation.
>>      
> Hmm. You don't remember the exact message, do you?
> I guess it was a popup saying "[TARGETDIR] exists. Are you sure you want
> to overwrite existing files?", and that it was not
> a red text saying "This update will replace your existing [ProductLine]
> installation."
>
> Please confirm.
>    
Correct that was it.
> If so, you now have two Python installations in the same location; one
> for all users, and the older one just for you (or vice versa).
>    
Yes, that is what I did ages ago.
> I recommend to uninstall them both, and start over.
>    
O.K., will do that.

Thanks for your help
Werner




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