installing 2.6 on vista64

[DwBear75]

I just downloaded and attempted to install python 2.6.2. The
installer proceeds to do its work then dies, leaving an entry in the
eventlog:

Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: Python 2.6.2.
Product Version: 2.6.2150. Product Language: 1033. Installation
success or error status: 1602.

Googling for this I wasn't able to narrow the results down to
something usable. Anyone know of issues and how to fix them installing
on vista 64 (yes, I have 8 gigs of ram)

 

[Jaime Fernandez del Rio]

I have installed the 32 bit 2.6 and the 64 bit 3.1 on my machine
running Vista 64 without any issues.

Which of course has nothing to do with your problem....

 

[Martin v. Löwis]

I just downloaded and attempted to install python 2.6.2. The

installer proceeds to do its work then dies, leaving an entry in the
eventlog:

Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: Python 2.6.2.
Product Version: 2.6.2150. Product Language: 1033. Installation
success or error status: 1602.

Are you using subst'ed drives by any chance?

Googling for this I wasn't able to narrow the results down to
something usable. Anyone know of issues and how to fix them installing
on vista 64 (yes, I have 8 gigs of ram)

Run "msiexec /i <pythonxy.msi> /l*v python.log", and search the log file
for 1602. This should give a clue.

Regards,
Martin