On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 12:00 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:40:42 +0200 > From: "Andre Engels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Tutor] Python installing in root > To: "Python Tutor List" <tutor@python.org> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I am installing Python 2.5 using the Windows installer (running > Vista). On my private computer this works as it should, but on my work > computer, it installs in the root directory of C: whatever directory I > specify it to be installed into. Is this a known problem, and does > anybody know what to do about it? > > -- > Andr? Engels, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have installed Python 2.5 on Windows Vista (Home Basic) on C:\Program Files, so clearly this is not a global problem. My guess is that at the work computer, you don't have write access to the directory you're installing python to, so the installer defaults to the root C:\ (for some odd reason, it's quite unusual to have access to root C:\ but not <insert any other directory here>). _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor