Python 2.6, GUI not working on vista?

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On Oct 9, 4:41 pm, "Martin v. Löwis" <mar... at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> > You can believe what you want. The people who developed UAC don't have
> > to support it.
>
> I know for a fact that the implementation is incomplete. In Windows
> Installer, there is no way (that I know of) to create an MSI file
> that conditionally turns on UAC, only when the installation actually
> needs privilege elevation.
>
> There is a static bit in the installer that indicates whether the MSI
> file will do UAC, and there is no way to toggle this bit, e.g. after
> asking the user whether this is a "for me" installation or "for all users".
>
> I set this bit to "no UAC" for 2.6, in order to allow non-privileged
> installation at all - only to find out that (due to an unrelated
> problem), the "for me" installation doesn't actually work. I only found
> out after the release, because nobody bothered reporting this problem
> during the betas and release candidates.

I posted a problem with Vista on Jul 6 concerning not being
able to run IDLE in 2.6b1. No replies.

I also noted the successful use and need to use the
Administrator account on Sep 12 for 2.6rc1. Again,
no replies.

What am I supposed to do? File bug reports on things
I don't even know are bugs?

> I didn't notice on my Vista
> machine, because that has VS 2008 installed, in which case the "for me"
> installation works just fine.
>
> If anybody knows how to make the "for me" installation work
> (i.e. how to set up the manifests that a single copy of the CRT
> is used both by python26.dll, and all extension modules), please
> let me know.
>
> IOW: HELP! HELP!! HELP!!!
> Meanwhile: just say no to Vista.
>
> Regards,
> Martin