[issue28467] Installer should be a 64-bit executable

Steve Dower added the comment: You can also modify the "python36._pth" file in the embedded distro to include "import site" if you want all the stuff that comes with that. The intent of the embeddable distribution is to be a private dependency of a larger application, where you typically

[issue28467] Installer should be a 64-bit executable

John Taylor added the comment: python-3.6.0b2-embed-amd64.zip will load the interpreter as is easy to install. The Python Embedded Distribution documentation mentions needing ucrtbase.dll, which is already installed on Nano Server. One small pain point is that ctrl-z seems to exit/suspend

[issue28467] Installer should be a 64-bit executable

Steve Dower added the comment: Last time I spoke with the Nano Server team (admittedly this was 6-12 months ago) they had no plans to support MSI at all. Even though our installer is an exe, under the covers it is installing MSIs. We discussed this and decided the best approach would be to

[issue28467] Installer should be a 64-bit executable

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[issue28467] Installer should be a 64-bit executable

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[issue28467] Installer should be a 64-bit executable

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[issue28467] Installer should be a 64-bit executable

New submission from John Taylor: The python-3.6.0b2-amd64.exe binary installs the 64-bit version of python, but the binary itself is only 32-bit. I would like this to be a 64-bit binary so that Python can easily be installed on Windows Server 2016 Nano Server. Since this OS version will