2.6 windows install

[Tim Arnold]

Hi,
I installed python2.6 to a netapp device. I can use it from my local windows
machine (XP). But others cannot use it from their pcs.

They get this response
"The system cannot execute the specified program.".

If they double click on python.exe, they get a window

with: This application has failed to start because the application

configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this

problem.

When I installed it I didn't see any mention of an 'administrators' install,
it just installed. The permissions on the directories where it installed are
set wide-open for everyone.

Any ideas on what I'm missing here?

thanks,
--Tim Arnold

 

[Martin v. Löwis]

Did you install Python to the network device from your XP box? That

would explain why you can run it: the required registry settings &
environment variables are added by the installer, none of which is
occurring on any computer other than the one from which you installed.

In principle, Python doesn't need any registry settings or environment
variables in order to run.

Regards,
Martin

 

[Kevin D. Smith]

In principle, Python doesn't need any registry settings or environment
variables in order to run.

That may be true, but it doesn't explain why python won't run. I'm
guessing that it has something to do with the msvc*90.dll files not
getting installed. If those dlls haven't been previously installed,
they won't be on the client machine in order for python to use them.
However, I haven't had any luck installing these files manually and
getting python to work that way.

 

[Kevin D. Smith]

That may be true, but it doesn't explain why python won't run. I'm
guessing that it has something to do with the msvc*90.dll files not
getting installed. If those dlls haven't been previously installed,
they won't be on the client machine in order for python to use them.
However, I haven't had any luck installing these files manually and
getting python to work that way.

Installing those files from
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...34-3e03-4391-8a4d-074b9f2bc1bf&displaylang=en>
does seem to help, but python still gives an error of "The application
failed to initialize properly (0xc00000022)." I'm not really sure
where to go from here.

 

[Matimus]

Hi,
I installed python2.6 to a netapp device. I can use it from my local windows
machine (XP). But others cannot use it from their pcs.

They get this response
"The system cannot execute the specified program.".

If they double click on python.exe, they get a window

with: This application has failed to start because the application

configuration is incorrect.  Reinstalling the application may fix this

problem.

When I installed it I didn't see any mention of an 'administrators' install,
it just installed. The permissions on the directories where it installed are
set wide-open for everyone.

Any ideas on what I'm missing here?

thanks,
--Tim Arnold

The default windows install puts Python26.dll in \windows\system32. I
haven't tried this, but you could probably fix your install by moving
Python26.dll into the Python26 directory.

That being said, the usual thing to do would be to install it on each
machine.

Matt

 

[Martin v. Löwis]

The default windows install puts Python26.dll in \windows\system32. I

haven't tried this, but you could probably fix your install by moving
Python26.dll into the Python26 directory.

Only the admin installation should do that (for all users). The "just
for me" installation won't.

Regards,
Martin