New submission from Paul "TBBle" Hampson: As noted in https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/master/Tools/msi === When installed for all users, the following files are installed to either "%SystemRoot%\System32" or "%SystemRoot%\SysWOW64" as appropriate. For the current user, they are installed in the Python install directory.
.\python3x.dll The core interpreter .\python3.dll The stable ABI reference === However, at least with the Python 3.5.3 and Python 3.6.0 installers from the official download page, even an all-users install puts the relevant DLLs in the installation directory instead. This is the both with the command-line option and checking the relevant box during installation. I've also confirmed that it happens whether you add Python to the path or not. The latter is my use-case as I have multiple versions of Python installed and use the Python Launcher for Windows to select a version to run or virtualenv to build. Looking at the source, I suspect this feature was completely lost when the MSI build system was rewritten in commit https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/bb24087a2cbfb186b540cc71a74ec8c39c1ebe3a (formerly https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e7dbef447157) for issue #23260 which removed all references to SystemFolder or System64Folder ---------- messages: 289801 nosy: TBBle priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Windows Python installers not installing DLL to System32/SysWOW64 versions: Python 3.5, Python 3.6 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue29844> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
