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Title: Windows "App Paths" key is not checked when installed for current user
Type: Stage:
Components: Windows Versions: Python 2.7
process
Status: open Resolution:
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Assigned To: Nosy List: BreamoreBoy, brian.curtin, techtonik, terry.reedy, tim.golden
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Created on 2009-06-19 05:12 by techtonik, last changed 2010-08-05 02:12 by terry.reedy.

Messages (3)
msg89519 - (view) Author: anatoly techtonik (techtonik) Date: 2009-06-19 05:12
I found that if Python installed only for current user on Windows XP
Home Edition SP3 Python fails to run from Start -> Run dialog or using
ShellExecute() call. It is because it creates "App Paths" key in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App
Paths\Python.exe
and not in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App
Paths\Python.exe

Can anybody confirm this?
msg112294 - (view) Author: Mark Lawrence (BreamoreBoy) Date: 2010-08-01 09:05
Can a windows guru comment on this please.
msg112942 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-08-05 02:12
Anatoly, can you check the behavior of the current 2.7+ installers? Those that might be changed?
History
Date User Action Args
2010-08-05 02:12:26terry.reedysetmessages: + msg112942
2010-08-05 01:55:05terry.reedysetmessages: - msg112918
2010-08-04 22:58:02terry.reedysetnosy: + terry.reedy

messages: + msg112918
versions: + Python 2.7, - Python 2.5
2010-08-01 09:05:03BreamoreBoysetnosy: + tim.golden, brian.curtin, BreamoreBoy
messages: + msg112294
2009-06-19 05:12:50techtonikcreate