Revolves

Don’t be alarmed! Its not a problem with Python or anything. But its just a weird behavior people trying to install Python 3 (I didn’t notice such a problem in previous versions) in Windows Vista might experience. I happily installed it through the given MSI Installer, but then, there was no ‘C:/Python30′ directory, no Start-Menu shortcuts. I was a little surprised. But I had faced this problem before, since I have Windows UAC turned on (for a good reason).

You’ll need to give Python’s installer Administrative rights. Now, right clicking the MSI file only shows some installer related menu, but not the ‘Run As Administrator’ menu. Follow these steps for a happy ending,

1. Go to your start menu, type in “cmd”. The start menu search result will show “cmd.exe”
2. Right click on “cmd.exe”, and select ‘Run As Administrator’
3. Move to the location of your MSI file. Eg., ‘cd C:/downloads’
4. Type in the name of the MSI file, Eg., ‘python3.0.msi’
5. This will run the installer as usual, but this time, everything will be installed correctly due to administrative access.

If admin access is not given, Vista puts the file in somewhere, I don’t remember exactly.

By the way, I’m glancing through the changes in Python 3.0. I’ll play around with it a bit and let ya guys know. I always liked Python, but I need to seriously learn it now, since 3k is out.

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