QUESTION

[Simon Bayling]

Python is a popular programming language. The program "c:\python2.1
\Python.exe" is required to run applications written in Python, so it 
most likely was installed by something else.

Check c:\python21\INSTALL.LOG if there is one, it should tell you the 
date and time it was installed, if that's any help.

Regarding whether you can safely delete it or not...
That depends on where it came from. If it is required by another program, 
that program will break if Python suddenly disappears.

In itself it is not going to be causing problems, and no-one here is 
going to classify it as 'unecessary junk'! ;)

I suggest you go to a tutorial and start learning Python :)
If that doesn't interest you, try renaming the folder and using your PC 
for a while... if nothing you want to keep suddenly breaks then you can 
most likely safely remove it.

Cheers,
Simon.

Matt5883 at aol.com wrote in
news:mailman.1057759874.18441.python-list at python.org: 

> 
> What is python 2.1.1?  How did it get on my computer? Is it a
> necessary program?  Can I safely delete it/remove it?  If so how?  I
> do not recall downloading it.  Does it come bundled with some other
> program? Maybe one of my kids did it.  I do not see enough information
> on your site to make these determinations.  I have a Compaq 5184 with
> OEM Win 98 installed...I do not ever recall seeing "python" in the
> programs.  I have been having alot of problems with my computer lately
> and I am removing unecessary "junk" Thanks,
> Matt