[python-win32] Installation problem: Python 2.6.6 (32-Bit) on Windows 7 (32-Bit)

[Tony Cappellini]

Thanks Brian.
If it's a known bug, why don't they pull that installer down?


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:45 PM, Brian Curtin <brian.curtin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 23:55, Tony Cappellini <cappy2112 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> This is OT, but I can't seem to get an answer on CLP.
>>
>> Has anyone else had problems running the msi for Python 2.6.6 on
>> Windows 7 Professional?
>>
>> If I don't check "Compile .py to byte code", the installer completes
>> without error.
>>
>> Checking "Compile .py to byte code" causes the following to be
>> displayed
>>
>> "There is a problem with the windows installer package. A program run
>> as part of setup did not complete as expected"
>>
>> 1. I have GB of disk space available.
>> 2. I have admin privileges
>> 3. The MD5 checksum of the downloaded installer matches the MD5
>> checksum on python.org
>> 4. Run As Adminsitrator is not available when I Shift-Right Click
>> (probably because my login already has admin privileges)
>
> It's a known bug in the installer. I'd have to dig through the tracker to
> find the issue numbers, but I reported this issue for a 3.1.x installer and
> tested out a fix which appeared to work. The fix might not have been
> backported to 2.x, though.