is it possible to install 2 Python versions on windows XP ?

Dan thermostat at gmail.com
Mon Dec 17 11:09:58 EST 2007


On Dec 17, 11:07 am, Stef Mientki <S.Mientki-nos... at mailbox.kun.nl>
wrote:
> hello,
>
> I'm currently using Python 2.4,
> and I don't dare to switch to 2.5,
> because I depend heavily on Scipy, which is based on 2.4
>
> To test some other Python programs I need Python version 2.5.
> I've tried to install 2.5 in the past,
> but got a lot of trouble trying to uninstall it to go back to 2.4.
>
> Is there a safe way to install Python 2.5,
> without affecting the Python 2.4 version and  the windows registry,
> on windows XP ?
>
> thanks,
> Stef Mientki

I'm currently running 2.3 and 2.5 on the same XP system with no
problems. As I remember the installs didn't effect each other at all.

-Dan



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