Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'bug': 0.02; 'installed.': 0.07; 'modules.': 0.07; 'received:verizon.net': 0.07; 'terry': 0.07; 'folder,': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229.12': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'received:lo.gmane.org': 0.09; 'subdirectory': 0.09; '2.5.2': 0.16; "files'": 0.16; 'fixes.': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'jan': 0.19; 'subject:Windows': 0.19; 'wrote': 0.19; 'asked': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.23; 'suspect': 0.24; 'language.': 0.28; 'bit': 0.28; 'tried': 0.28; 'folder.': 0.30; 'installer': 0.30; 'installed': 0.30; "didn't": 0.30; 'pm,': 0.31; 'version': 0.31; 'third-party': 0.32; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.32; 'there': 0.33; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.33; 'header:X-Complaints- To:1': 0.33; 'install': 0.34; 'unless': 0.35; 'something': 0.36; 'another': 0.36; 'but': 0.37; 'received:org': 0.37; 'several': 0.38; 'put': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'went': 0.38; 'ok,': 0.38; "i'd": 0.39; 'should': 0.39; 'got': 0.39; 'subject:: ': 0.39; 'under': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'difference': 0.40; 'delete': 0.40; 'files': 0.40; 'want,': 0.71; 'attention': 0.71; '12:46': 0.84; 'remained': 0.84; 'thereof': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Terry Reedy Subject: Re: Uninstalling Py 2.5.2 from Windows 7 Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:08:53 -0500 References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-74-109-121-73.phlapa.fios.verizon.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111105 Thunderbird/8.0 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1321222158 news.xs4all.nl 6945 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:49213 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:15646 On 11/13/2011 12:46 PM, W. eWatson wrote: > For many months I had sporadically used 2.5.2 under Win 7, then > something went awry. I tried an uninstall/install and it didn't get any > better. I thought I'd take another shot at it today. The uninstall went > OK, but c:\python25 remained with several py files and a folder, Lib. I > went ahead with the install and got a msg that asked if I wanted to > write over the python25 folder. Uninstall (should) only uninstall files that it installed and directories that are empty. The 'several py files' should be files that you or some third-party software installed. I personally put everything I write under /pythonxy in a subdirectory thereof that install and uninstall pay no attention to. The Lib directory contains all the python-coded stdlib modules. Unless you know there is something that you wrote that you want, I would delete it before re-installing. I suspect that current installers work a bit better than 2.5. I would definitely use the latest 2.5.z that comes with an installer and not 2.5.2. They are all the same version of the language. The only difference is bug fixes. -- Terry Jan Reedy