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Hey Mates,

Sorry if this is in the wrong location, but I didnt see a support section. Anyone run into an issue with win 10 where the 64-bit msi will not install for 2.7.9 but the 2.17.4 one works fine?

Windows tells me the application failed to install because a part of the install could not run. Looks like it happens when the installer tries to launch python 2.7.9.

going bald on this one. thanks in advance

(Jan-12-2018, 06:31 PM)Spankybus Wrote: [ -> ]but the 2.17.4 one works fine?

Every Python 2 version is backwards compatible.
Which mean that everything work 2.7.9 will also work in 2.7.14.
So to make it clear,you do only need 2.7.14(it just has more new stuff).

What you should use is Python 3.6(the best Python 3 release),
this is a clear advice we give to new user on this forum.
Python 3.6 and pip installation under Windows

I do of course know why you ask for 2.7.9,because that what your learning material use.
So there is no problem to have 2.7.14 and 3.6 installed at same time.
3.6 --> is the future,so getting into Python 3 as a new user is advisable.

Thank you for the advise!