From: barry at scottbb.demon.co.uk (Barry Scott)
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 22:29:58 +0100
Subject: Windows install has problems. Guido asked that I use this newsgroup to discus further
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Mauro Cicognini <mcicogni at siosistemi.it> wrote in message
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> Mmm, since I'm not an English-language OS user, I'd rather see that as
> %programfolder%\tcl\bin\tcl80.dll (I don't remember exactly, but I'm sure
there
> is a way to refer in a language-independent way to the folder that the US
> version calls "Program Files" since we use it in our installations.

    Its in the registry - but python cannot access the registry. So this
hack would not
    work for none english systems.

> We use Mark Hammond's extensions and have no problem at all in fetching
things
> from the registry. Might just ask him and fold in the registry-access
stuff.

    Mark's nice extensions are not in the base kit so cannot be used to
solve
    problems requiring registry access.

    I think its important that python without add on's can access the
registry under
    Windows. It is a fundamental requirement on Windows.

            BArry






