Re: Error installing python on Windows

2017-03-19 Thread Mark Summerfield
Windows users (quite reasonably IMO) expect installs to "just work". If Python needs extra bits it should ask the user if it can go get them and if they say Yes it should do just that. (And this should actually work -- unlike maybe, the Python 3.5 Windows installer.) And as for searching Google

Re: Error installing python on Windows

2017-02-24 Thread mm0fmf
On 24/02/2017 18:12, Irmen de Jong wrote: On 24-2-2017 12:18, Michelle Tan wrote: Hello all I am new to python. Trying to install Python and encountered this error message : "The program can't start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-I1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer." Tried to repair and

Re: Error installing python on Windows

2017-02-24 Thread Irmen de Jong
On 24-2-2017 12:18, Michelle Tan wrote: > Hello all > > I am new to python. > > Trying to install Python and encountered this error message : "The program > can't start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-I1-1-0.dll is missing from your > computer." > > Tried to repair and reinstall Python however i

Re: Error installing python on Windows

2017-02-24 Thread Florian Schweikert
Hi Michelle, On 24/02/17 12:18, Michelle Tan wrote: > I am new to python. Welcome to Python. > Trying to install Python What Python version are you trying to install and what's your Windows version? -- Florian signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature -- https://mail.python.org/

Error installing python on Windows

2017-02-24 Thread Michelle Tan
Hello all I am new to python. Trying to install Python and encountered this error message : "The program can't start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-I1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer." Tried to repair and reinstall Python however i may have missed out some installation. What should I do to