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Steve Dower added the comment: This issue is about A. B has a separate issue. C will not be changed. Please don't bother bringing them up again here, it's just a distraction. -- components: +Installation priority: normal -> low type: behavior -> enhancement versions: +Python 3.7

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Damon Atkins added the comment: To Summaries A) Name/DisplayName "Python 3.X (64-bit)" or "Python 3.X.Y" (64-bit) "Python 3.X (64-bit)" would match the install directory which is \Python3X (this should be \Python3.X) Display Version should start with 3.X.Y or 3.X.Y. version DWORD in the

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Markus Kramer added the comment: Steve, yes: from my point of view, the version in "Programs and Features" should be 3.6.2 or 3.6.2.0 or 3.6.2.150. Eryk, thank you for your explanation - I had a wrong memory about the third field in ProductVersion to be the micro version and learned

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Steve Dower added the comment: There's an existing bug for the registration going to the wrong place. It requires changes to the Wix toolset to resolve. No need to conflate it with this issue. As far as I can tell, the problem here is just the version string displayed in Programs and

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Damon Atkins added the comment: Because this entry "python 3.5.3 (64-bit)" is the USER part of the registry, only the user who installs python can see that it is installed. -- ___ Python tracker

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Damon Atkins added the comment: The python 3.5.3 (64-bit) installer currently adds most of the components installed in the "MACHINE" Registry all but 1 item (2 entries) "python 3.5.3 (64-bit)" software entry which it places in both the 32 bit and also the 64 bit registry. It should be in the

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Damon Atkins added the comment: Hi Guys, The reason I raise the original is for all those configuration management tools which need the version number. In the uninstall registry is very much an inconsistent. *Anything with a Display Name in the registry (name in the GUI) will be listed. *

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Eryk Sun added the comment: The docs [1] are clear that this property must be of the form major.minor.build. It can include at least one additional field, which the installer ignores. The major and minor version numbers can be up to 255, and the build number can be up to 65535. Python's

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Steve Dower added the comment: Can you link to those guidelines please? Microsoft release plenty of software with version numbers over 256. Also, since people already rely on the current scheme, we'd need a very compelling reason to break them. I don't believe you've made that case yet.

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Markus Kramer added the comment: Screenshot of Product Version 3.6.2150.0 -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file47056/3.6.2.png ___ Python tracker

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New submission from Markus Kramer: Each Windows installation has a “product version”. The Windows installer python-3.6.2.exe has product version "3.6.2150.0" (accessible with context menu / Properties / Details). This causes at least 2 problems: - Automated software inventory relies on