Python.exe is not a valid Win32 application error message

[Steve Hayes]

On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 00:13:29 +1100, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 11:34 AM, M. Kamisato via Python-list
><python-list at python.org> wrote:
>> I am running python on Windows XP SP3 and download version 3.5xx.  I got the above error message and could not run the program.
>> I have downloaded Python version 2.7xx and it runs fine.
>> Is there any way I can get version 3.5xx to run on my computer?
>> Mel KamisatoBuena Park, CA
>
>You can't get 3.5 to run on XP, no; your options are:
>
>1) Install Python 3.4, which does support XP
>2) Upgrade to a newer version of Windows (anything from Vista onward
>will run 3.5; to save having to do this in future, jump straight to 7
>or 10)
>3) Make the jump to Linux or FreeBSD or some other OS.

That is useful to know. 

I get messages (from Glary Utilities) that some of my programs
(including Python) need to be updated, but when I've downloaded and
updated them, the update hasn't worked. 


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