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Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:01:45 -0200
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On 02/12/2011 16:34, snorble wrote:
> Is it possible to automate the Python installation on Windows using
> the MSI file so it does not add a Start Menu folder? I would like to
> push out Python to all of my office workstations, but I'd like for it
> to be relatively silent from the user's point of view.

If you just want to run python scripts in those machines (not developing 
in it), you can use something like py2exe [http://www.py2exe.org/].

It converts a python script to a standalone executable.

Good luck!
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