Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.etla.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!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; 'subject:Windows': 0.02; 'tutorial': 0.03; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'context': 0.07; 'rename': 0.07; 'indicates': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'uninstalled': 0.09; 'yeah,': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'jan': 0.12; '"python': 0.16; 'bounty': 0.16; 'entries.': 0.16; 'menu.': 0.16; 'pinned': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'two.': 0.16; 'files.': 0.16; 'prevent': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'seems': 0.21; 'install': 0.23; 'installation': 0.23; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'entries': 0.24; 'of.': 0.24; 'versions': 0.24; 'question': 0.24; 'web.': 0.26; 'subject:/': 0.26; 'downloaded': 0.26; 'asking': 0.27; 'header:X-Complaints- To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'installed': 0.27; 'tried': 0.27; 'specifically': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'instruction': 0.29; 'locations': 0.30; 'that.': 0.31; 'with,': 0.31; 'this.': 0.32; 'open': 0.33; 'running': 0.33; 'not.': 0.33; 'maybe': 0.34; 'problem': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'idle': 0.36; 'doing': 0.36; 'entry': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'too': 0.37; 'two': 0.37; 'stopped': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'previous': 0.38; 'recent': 0.39; 'bad': 0.39; 'delete': 0.39; 'sure': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'even': 0.60; 'solve': 0.60; 'first': 0.61; 'more': 0.64; 'different': 0.65; 'due': 0.66; 'caused': 0.69; 'physical': 0.72; 'clicking': 0.73; 'click': 0.77; '3.4': 0.84; 'installer': 0.84; 'received:fios.verizon.net': 0.84; 'start.': 0.84; 'panel.': 0.91; 'received:108': 0.93 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Terry Reedy Subject: Re: Is Python installer/un-installer buggy on Windows? Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 15:08:02 -0500 References: <2f3a399a-cc42-4435-9b49-b1cf2eab9d0d@googlegroups.com> <409d1345-3329-4a45-b90d-239880faaff0@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-108-16-203-145.phlapa.fios.verizon.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 In-Reply-To: <409d1345-3329-4a45-b90d-239880faaff0@googlegroups.com> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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: 48 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1417723706 news.xs4all.nl 2914 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:60908 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:81941 On 12/4/2014 11:46 AM, Aseem Bansal wrote: > Yeah, the problem seems to be with registry as every solution seems > to be fiddling with registry. One can edit the registry directly with regedit. If you try it, follow the instruction to first make a backup. Look for a regedit tutorial on the web. > I know that reinstalling OS is a really bad idea. But I have tried to > find a way to solve this for months now. I have started a bounty on > superuser also for the same in the question "Python IDLE disappeared > from the right click context menu". And asking on these groups was > the last thing I can think of. > > I uninstalled via the Control Panel. I installed via the official > Python installer for Windows. > > I also don't understand how a start menu entry can begin an > installation but it is doing just that. To me, this specifically indicates a registry mixup. To prevent installation, delete or rename the downloaded install files. > Now there seems to be 4 IDLE > entries in my start menu. Two are valid (2.7.8, 3.4.2). The other two > are previous installations of Python 3.4 that I did at different > locations but removed later. Delete those two. > I have stopped running IDLE from the > start menu due to this. Because I am never sure whether it will > re-install Python 3.4 at those old locations or not. Even right > clicking those entries in start menu causes the installations to > start. So I cannot even find the physical path of those entries. With Win7, I keep the two current installed Idles pinned to the taskbar. (I also have all three Python development versions pinned.) With 5 different builds of Idle to edit with, I open one or more first and then open to edit (often with Recent files). I almost never use 'Edit with Idle'. > Maybe too much fiddling with the registry has caused it. Not sure > about that. -- Terry Jan Reedy