installing 2.4

[Jive]

"David Bolen" <db3l at fitlinxx.com> wrote in message
news:uwtw0jdaf.fsf at fitlinxx.com...
> "Jive" <someone at microsoft.com> writes:
>
> > It's only getting worse.  I went to Add/remove programs and removed 2.4.
> > Now Python 2.4 numarray and Python 2.4 pywin extensions are still listed
as
> > installed, but I cannot remove them.
>
> You mentioned in your first post about "copying your site package"
> ... did you actually make a copy or did you perhaps "move" your
> site-packages directory from beneath 2.3 to under 2.4.  If so, then
> the uninstall entry in the registry is not going to find the files to
> be able to uninstall them.

I copied, not moved;

>
> Worst case you should be able to reinstall Python 2.3, and your
> extension packages from their installer images.  Don't worry about the
> uninstall list in Add/Remove programs as reinstalling the packages
> will just update their entries.  That will refresh the files in your
> Python 2.3 tree, and providing you don't disable the option, should
> re-establish file associations and what not back to a 2.3
> installation.
>

I've re-installed it, but things are all screwed up still.