[issue4567] Registry key not set if unattended installation used

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: This is not a bug. The registry keys do get set, though not in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, but in HKEY_CURRENT_USER. To install quietly for all users, you need to add ALLUSERS=1; see http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5/msi/ -- resolution: -> works fo

[issue4567] Registry key not set if unattended installation used

Changes by Martin v. Löwis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -- priority: -> release blocker ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ ___ Python-b

[issue4567] Registry key not set if unattended installation used

Stuart Axon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: If you type msiexec /? it pops a window with this text in it: Windows (R) Installer. V 3.01.4001.5512 msiexec /Option [Optional Parameter] Install Options Installs or configures a product /a

[issue4567] Registry key not set if unattended installation used

Martin v. Löwis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: > In order to install python silently, run > > msiexec python-2.5.2.msi /quiet I'm puzzled. According to all msiexec documentation I could find, there is no /quiet option to msiexec (plus you also need to specify /i, according to the docs).

[issue4567] Registry key not set if unattended installation used

Stuart Axon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Sure, no problem - sorry for the lack of detail... The windows installer (tested on 2.5.2) normally puts some values in the windows registry at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\ (where is the python version). Including the impo

[issue4567] Registry key not set if unattended installation used

Martin v. Löwis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Can you please be more explicit? What exact command line have you been using, and what exact registry do you think should have been set but wasn't? -- nosy: +loewis ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROT

[issue4567] Registry key not set if unattended installation used

New submission from Stuart Axon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: If the msi is installed with /quiet it installs to the default location, but the registry key is not set, making it harder for other programs to find the installation. - in my case I had to make a batch file that installed it, then read the l