Uninstalling Py 2.5.2 from Windows 7

[W. eWatson]

On 11/13/2011 2:08 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 11/13/2011 12:46 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
>> For many months I had sporadically used 2.5.2 under Win 7, then
>> something went awry. I tried an uninstall/install and it didn't get any
>> better. I thought I'd take another shot at it today. The uninstall went
>> OK, but c:\python25 remained with several py files and a folder, Lib. I
>> went ahead with the install and got a msg that asked if I wanted to
>> write over the python25 folder.
>
> Uninstall (should) only uninstall files that it installed and
> directories that are empty. The 'several py files' should be files that
> you or some third-party software installed. I personally put everything
> I write under /pythonxy in a subdirectory thereof that install and
> uninstall pay no attention to. The Lib directory contains all the
> python-coded stdlib modules. Unless you know there is something that you
> wrote that you want, I would delete it before re-installing.
>
> I suspect that current installers work a bit better than 2.5. I would
> definitely use the latest 2.5.z that comes with an installer and not
> 2.5.2. They are all the same version of the language. The only
> difference is bug fixes.
>
Thanks to both of you. Deleting python25 folder. Nothing of personal use 
in it.