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  • Roger Miller
    #1

    uninstall and Windows file associations

    When I installed Python 2.5 (on Windows XP) I left 2.4 in place "just
    in case". Today I decided to remove it. However after doing so (from
    the control panel) I found that Windows no longer knows about the
    Python file types and associations. Is this behavior expected, or was
    there something wrong with my installation? Is there a way to restore
    the file associations, short of reinstalling 2.5 or manually editing
    them?

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    • Neil Hodgson
      #2
      Re: uninstall and Windows file associations

      Roger Miller:
      When I installed Python 2.5 (on Windows XP) I left 2.4 in place "just
      in case". Today I decided to remove it. However after doing so (from
      the control panel) I found that Windows no longer knows about the
      Python file types and associations. Is this behavior expected,
      This is pretty much inevitable on Windows as there is no generic
      support to handle this sort of situation. Python could attempt to do its
      own special case handling (with a registered list of Python
      installations and an arbitration/repair phase in the uninstaller) but it
      would be a lot of work and quite fragile.

      Just reinstall your preferred version. You may want to check which
      extensions have been installed into Python so that they can also be
      reinstalled if needed.

      Neil

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        • Trent Mick
          #3
          Re: uninstall and Windows file associations

          Roger Miller wrote:
          When I installed Python 2.5 (on Windows XP) I left 2.4 in place "just
          in case". Today I decided to remove it. However after doing so (from
          the control panel) I found that Windows no longer knows about the
          Python file types and associations. Is this behavior expected, or was
          there something wrong with my installation? Is there a way to restore
          the file associations, short of reinstalling 2.5 or manually editing
          them?
          ActivePython handles that case by providing a "Repair" functionality in the
          installer. I'm not sure if the python.org Windows installer has that
          functionality (it probably does). Just try invoking the .msi file again.

          And, as Neil said, you can just reinstall.

          Trent

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          Trent Mick
          trentm@activest ate.com

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