[issue20883] Windows 'for current user' installation - 32/64-bit registrations overwrite each other

[Martin v. Löwis]

Martin v. Löwis added the comment:

This is not a bug in Python, but either intentional, or a bug in Windows. Processing of Wow64Node is done by Windows, see 

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384253(v=vs.85).aspx

As you can see, the SOFTWARE key is redirected in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, but shared in HKEY_CURRENT_USER.

If you think that absolutely something must be done, I would suggest to remove the "install for current user" feature altogether - it has too many flaws imposed by Windows.

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resolution:  -> invalid
status: open -> closed

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