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Asked: 2026-05-15T20:23:34+00:00

I want to install the new Python 2.7 on my Windows XP 32bit PC.

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I want to install the new Python 2.7 on my Windows XP 32bit PC.

having CDO (thats OCD with initials sorted in alphabetical order) I want to install it multiple times on the same computer (to different TARGETDIRs).

how do i do that ? double clicking on the installer, or running msiexec multiple times did not work for me

Coincidentally, I noticed that the windows python installation does not ask me if I want to add a Start Menu option. I want my installations of python not to show up on the Start Menu. How do I do that?

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  1. Editorial Team

    If I understand correctly you want multiple independent copies of Python 2.7 running on Windows. I assume that is so you can install just the packages you need for each project and not have different projects fighting over conflicting versions.

    Try using virtualenv (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv). You install Python once, then whenever you need a new copy you run virtualenv.py and it effectively gives you a clean environment with an activate script (activate.bat on Windows) that makes that environment the current one.

    Having said all that, I’ve only used virtualenv on Linux so I don’t know how well it works on Windows, but it certainly claims to work on Windows so give it a go.

    Edit: For running Python scripts on machines without having to worry whether or not it is already there, the usual solution is to use py2exe (http://www.py2exe.org/). That bundles your application and all libraries together with Python in a single standalone file which can be run without any installation.

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