Python 2.7.2 for Windows reports version as 2.7.0?

[Mark Hammond]

On 18/06/2011 1:36 PM, python at bdurham.com wrote:
> Hi Benjamin,
>
>> The file info is seems correct but I just checked the MSI and it's
> reporting that it's 2.7.2. How exactly are you running python.exe and
> IDLE- are you calling the full path, just calling "python" and using
> whichever python version is first on your path, or are you using an
> entry in the start menu? The only thing I can think of is that your
> 2.7.0 install is in a different location than your 2.7.2 install. So
> 2.7.2 installed correctly but you're still running the old one.
>
> Within the folder where the python.exe exists, I have tried the
> following, all of which report Python 2.7.0 vs. 2.7.2
>
> python
> python.exe
> c:\python27
>
> Confirming I'm running what I think I'm running:
>
>>>> import sys
>>>> sys.hexversion
> 34013424
>>>> sys.executable
> 'C:\\Python27\\python.exe'
>>>>
>
> And confirming the exe files in my Python27 folder:
>
>   Directory of C:\Python27
>
> 06/12/2011  03:09 PM            26,624 python.exe
> 06/12/2011  03:06 PM            27,136 pythonw.exe
>
> Anyone else having the same experience?
>
> Malcolm

The version info comes from the DLL - I wonder if the DLL being found is 
somehow old?

Make sure:

 >>> import sys
 >>> win32api.GetModuleFileName(sys.dllhandle)

Is the DLL you expect.

Mark