On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Paul Keating <keat...@acm.org> wrote:
> What is the registry key HKLM\Software\Python\PythonCore\2.6\PythonPath for?
> The docs (http://www.python.org/doc/2.6/using/windows.html) say
>
> Modifying the module search path can also be done through the Windows
> registry: Edit
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\version\PythonPath
>
>
> but this doesn't work. ...
>
Well, a little more research shows that we both have been editing the
wrong thing.
 See:
http://yuji.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/python-on-windows-setting-pythonpath-environment-variable/

for a description of the correct technique. It works for me.
This is definitely a documentation bug. I don't see how anybody could
be expected to figure this out from the current docs.
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