Steve Dower added the comment: So the fix for pre-2.7.13 here is to Repair first and then reinstall.
But we've actually fixed this for 2.7.13 by making the pip uninstall step non-vital (the work was sponsored by Microsoft because it affects the Visual Studio installer). See issue27888 for the change. ---------- resolution: -> duplicate stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed superseder: -> Hide pip install/uninstall windows in setup _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue28687> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com