On 12/01/2015 23:12, Andrew Koenig wrote:
Fixed it!
The aforementioned article is correct. I downloaded the RegDelNull
program mentioned in the article
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897448.aspx) and
ran it on hkcr, hkcu, hklm, hku, and hkcc (short for
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_USERS,
and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG), respectively. It deleted a bunch of keys.
Rerunning the program you posted earlier revealed no keys with
embedded nulls in their names, and ensurepip now works.
I have no idea how these keys got there. For all I know they are the
result of malware.
I think it would be worthwhile changing the Python code to detect
nulls and perhaps issue a warning that directs people to this article
or something like it.
Thanks, yes. Unfortunate that no-one's actually reported this before as
a bug -- as far as I'm aware. Would you be in a position to report this
at bugs.python.org? If not, I'll do it when I get a chance.
TJG
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