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Reputation: 2687

MySQL-python installer doesn't find right version of Python

so I'm trying to install MySQL-Python thru the exe found here. only problem is, whenever I open up the exe, it only wants to use a version of Python that was installed when I installed ArcGIS a while back - I need it to use my regular Python path. This is all I see when I open the installer: only ArcGIS python path

The usual way to fix stuff like this is fixing your environment variables, so I've looked at them, but the ArcGIS python install isn't even listed on there - my python path points to the right version of Python, so I don't understand why this installer insists upon the ArcGIS version, even after I've deleted the entire ArcGIS python folder.

I can't change it in the installer - any ideas?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 107

Answers (1)

Ioannis Lalopoulos
Ioannis Lalopoulos

Reputation: 1511

The installer in your case is looking in the registry so check the registry for the installation path, specifically check:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python

and / or

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python

The first is for 32 bit python versions that are installed in 64 bit platforms, the 2nd is for 64 bit python.

Here is a screenshot of my registry entry:

python registry entry

WARNING: Take a backup of your registry if you are going to make a change and tread carefully.

Upvotes: 1

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