On 9/9/06, cow133 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I've had hassle too on an XP machine. The easy_install -Uf command
> crashed with a security error, trying to overwrite easy_install.exe I
> think.

The problem is that, unlike other OSs, Windows doesn't allow
overwriting an executable file that's in use.

The trick is to use the easy_install script rather than the
easy_install executable (which is just a wrapper for the script):

python c:\python24\scripts\easy_install -Uf ...

-- 
Tim Lesher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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