On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 22:41 eryksun <eryk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/8/15, Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benja...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 8 Oct 2015 22:30 eryksun <eryk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The new installer for 3.5 doesn't create an "App Paths" key for > > "python.exe" like the old installer used to do (see the old > > Tools/msi/msi.py). Without that, unless python.exe is in the search > > PATH, "Win+R -> python" and running "start python" in the command > > prompt won't work. You can of course add the key manually as the > > default value for > > "[HKLM|HKCU]\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App > > Paths\python.exe". IMO, this makes it the 'system' Python. > > > > That's interesting. Any idea why it changed? > > Probably it's just an oversight. I doubt Steve Dower would have > purposefully decided to not set the "App Paths" key. > I guess it deserves a bug report then. (Not on a proper computer right now but maybe tomorrow)
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