> It's one of Microsoft guidelines. The "'Designed for Microsoft Windows > XP' Application Specification" only allows DLLs to be installed in the > system directory if it's required for backwards compatiblity.
I guess you are referring to 2.6 here. I think Python perfectly meets the specification (i.e. is designed for Windows XP) in this respect (*): - python25.dll is a shared component - it is not private to a single software vendor - it is not a control panel item - it is not a service or device driver - it does not support side-by-side installation - hence, it can be placed in the System directory. The backwards compatibility with "those applications" is necessary, in particular with PythonWin (but also with any other software that embeds Python). Regards, Martin (*) Python fails to meet other requirements; in addition, it has not formally been certified, so it is not "Designed for Microsoft Windows XP". -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
