Downloaded and installed 64-bit Python 3.4 and pywin32-219. Both installed smoothly on my 64-bit Win7 machine. I added C:\Python34 to the search path.
If I launch a Windows command window and run python -m ensurepip I get the following: Ignoring indexes: https://pypi.python.org/simple/ Downloading/unpacking setuptools Cleaning up... Exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\ark\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpe3ckts9f\pip-1.5.6-py2.py3-none-any.w hl\pip\basecommand.py", line 122, in main status = self.run(options, args) File "C:\Users\ark\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpe3ckts9f\pip-1.5.6-py2.py3-none-any.w hl\pip\commands\install.py", line 278, in run requirement_set.prepare_files(finder, force_root_egg_info=self.bundle, bundl e=self.bundle) File "C:\Users\ark\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpe3ckts9f\pip-1.5.6-py2.py3-none-any.w hl\pip\req.py", line 1177, in prepare_files url = finder.find_requirement(req_to_install, upgrade=self.upgrade) File "C:\Users\ark\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpe3ckts9f\pip-1.5.6-py2.py3-none-any.w hl\pip\index.py", line 209, in find_requirement file_locations, url_locations = self._sort_locations(locations) File "C:\Users\ark\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpe3ckts9f\pip-1.5.6-py2.py3-none-any.w hl\pip\index.py", line 128, in _sort_locations sort_path(os.path.join(path, item)) File "C:\Users\ark\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpe3ckts9f\pip-1.5.6-py2.py3-none-any.w hl\pip\index.py", line 109, in sort_path if mimetypes.guess_type(url, strict=False)[0] == 'text/html': File "C:\Python34\lib\mimetypes.py", line 287, in guess_type init() File "C:\Python34\lib\mimetypes.py", line 348, in init db.read_windows_registry() File "C:\Python34\lib\mimetypes.py", line 255, in read_windows_registry with _winreg.OpenKey(hkcr, subkeyname) as subkey: TypeError: OpenKey() argument 2 must be str without null characters or None, not str The pip.log file contains the same text. I'm sure I'm doing something obviously wrong here--but what? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list