Martin v. Löwis [EMAIL PROTECTED] added the comment:
You were right; the x86 version of the CRT was included. This is now
fixed in r66514 and r66515.
If you want to try it out, try
http://www.dcl.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/home/loewis/python-2.6rc2.amd64.msi
John Ehresman [EMAIL PROTECTED] added the comment:
The new installer works for both for everyone and for me installs.
Thanks,
John
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Python tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://bugs.python.org/issue3887
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Martin v. Löwis [EMAIL PROTECTED] added the comment:
I can't reproduce the problem. Did you install for all users, or just
for you? Do you have the CRT already installed or not?
Can you try replacing the manifest with the attached one (not sure why
it says x86)? You then also need to replace
John Ehresman [EMAIL PROTECTED] added the comment:
This is on a fresh Vista Ultimate install. There is no msvcr90.dll
anywhere on the system, if windows file search according to windows file
search (I did check the hidden / system file box).
The first report is from a for me install. After
Changes by Amaury Forgeot d'Arc [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
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assignee: - loewis
nosy: +loewis
priority: - critical
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Python tracker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://bugs.python.org/issue3887
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New submission from John Ehresman [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The amd64 python 2.6rc1 won't run after installation on Vista. It fails
with the error (from the event log) of
Activation context generation failed for C:\Python26\python.exe.Error
in manifest or policy file
