I must be missing something obvious in installing Python 3.4.2...

[Tim Golden]

On 13/01/2015 07:05, cjgohlke at gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 10:09:03 PM UTC-8, Tim Golden wrote:
>> On 12/01/2015 23:12, Andrew Koenig wrote:
>>> Fixed it!
>>>
>>> The aforementioned article is correct. I downloaded the RegDelNull
>>> program mentioned in the article
>>> (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897448.aspx) and
>>> ran it on hkcr, hkcu, hklm, hku, and hkcc (short for
>>> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKEY_USERS,
>>> and HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG), respectively. It deleted a bunch of keys.
>>> Rerunning the program you posted earlier revealed no keys with
>>> embedded nulls in their names, and ensurepip now works.
>>>
>>> I have no idea how these keys got there. For all I know they are the
>>> result of malware.
>>>
>>> I think it would be worthwhile changing the Python code to detect
>>> nulls and perhaps issue a warning that directs people to this article
>>> or something like it.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks, yes. Unfortunate that no-one's actually reported this before as 
>> a bug -- as far as I'm aware. Would you be in a position to report this 
>> at bugs.python.org? If not, I'll do it when I get a chance.
>>
>> TJG
> 
> <http://bugs.python.org/issue22028>
> 

(Sigh). Thanks -- and I'm even listed on the call. In my defence it was
logged while I was away over the summer and I did a bit of a bulk delete
when I came back.

Thanks

TJG