[New-bugs-announce] [issue25148] Windows registry PythonCore key changed inconsistent with other releases

[Barry Scott]

New submission from Barry Scott:

I am used to looking in HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\%(py_maj)d.%(py_min)d\InstallPath
to find out where python is installed so that my installation kit can add itself to site-packages.

I just found that the registry key used for 32 bit python 3.5 on windows changed to be '3.5-32',
which I can change my installer to cope with.

However the key for the 64bit install is ‘3.5’ but not '3.5-64'.

This seems like a regression to me in the interface to Python on Windows.

Is there a reason not to use the original naming?

Barry

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components: Installation
messages: 250877
nosy: barry.scott
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Windows registry PythonCore key changed inconsistent with other releases
versions: Python 3.5

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