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Title: PEP-397 documents incorrect registry path
Type: Stage:
Components: Windows Versions:
process
Status: open Resolution:
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: docs@python, mhammond, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
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Created on 2016-09-06 05:45 by mhammond, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin.

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msg274525 - (view) Author: Mark Hammond (mhammond) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-09-06 05:45 
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PEP-397 (PEP 397 -- Python launcher for Windows) says:
"""
The launcher installation is registered in

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs with a reference counter.
"""

There is no such entry. It should be HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDLLs
msg275143 - (view) Author: Steve Dower (steve.dower) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-09-08 20:37 
I'd rather not document this anyway, and I'm not sure it's true right now.

Since 3.5, there is one MSI for the launcher that will be used into the future and handle the reference counting, so this note is irrelevant and solely of historical interest.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:35adminsetgithub: 72153
2016-09-08 20:37:40steve.dowersetmessages: + msg275143
2016-09-07 16:44:00ned.deilysetnosy: + paul.moore, tim.golden, zach.ware, steve.dower
components: + Windows, - Documentation
2016-09-06 05:45:11mhammondcreate