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Asked: 2026-06-18T03:46:00+00:00

I’m trying to read the windows registry to figure out what scripting environments are

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I’m trying to read the windows registry to figure out what scripting environments are installed and where the stand alone interpreter executables are available.

When I did python, for example, I searched for

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Python/PythonCore/InstallPath

This gives me the install path for the python executable for the environment, this allows me to find if I have python 2.7, 3, etc and where those exes are.

I’m looking for something similar for Lua for windows.

I must use the registry for this search.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Lua does not have an install path. Lua does not have an installation. Lua is not like Python, with an installer that puts everything in one specific place and sets up registry and PATH entries and such.

    The standalone interpreter does not have a mechanism to query its location. If you’re interested in learning the Lua version, you can always check the _VERSION variable field. But other than that, no, there is no mechanism for doing what you want.

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