Compiling Python using Microsoft Visual C++ 2008

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>> See PCbuild/readme.txt.
> 
> I presume that this is PCbuild8.txt

As Christian says: PCbuild/readme.txt are the correct instructions
(and had been since Python 2.0 or so).

> Now, I would like to remove Python 2.5 from VS 2008 but see no obvious
> way of getting rid of it.

You might be able to clear the most-recent-projects list in the registry
somehow, but I personally wouldn't worry - if you open other projects,
this one will scroll off the list eventually.

Regards,
Martin