#99 Problem registering WinPython distribution in Windows 7

[Anonymous]

Originally created by: m.strack...@gmail.com

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Installation of WinPython
2. Registering Distribution in "WinPython Control Panel.exe"
   (both, executed as normal user as well as administrator)
3. Calling "ipython" in cmd

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

several error messages, starting with:

  File "C:\WinPython-64bit-2.7.5.3\python-2.7.5.amd64\Lib\site.py", line 548, in <module> main()
  File "C:\WinPython-64bit-2.7.5.3\python-2.7.5.amd64\Lib\site.py", line 530, in main known_paths = addusersitepackages(known_paths)

...

ImportError: cannot import name MAXREPEAT

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

I tried each of the following packages:
WinPython-64bit-2.7.5.3.exe
WinPython-64bit-2.7.5.2.exe
WinPython-32bit-2.7.5.3.exe
OS: Windows 7, 64bit, non-administator account

Please provide any additional information below.

before, there have been other Python packages installed. E.g. the global environment variable PYTHONPATH was set. Deleting this environment variable and repeating the registration did not change the problem.

Obviously, the registering has no effect, because I do not see any environment variables being modified by this.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: m.strack...@gmail.com

I now fixed the issue for me by defining the variables which are set in the batch file "env.bat" manually.