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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2010-01-07 21:48:47 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2010-01-07 21:48:47 (GMT) |
| commit | 96aa3ca242528122c676d67bba78fc95c435a048 (patch) | |
| tree | b6c1fa490d4ffcebf14dc20fd43d5f89d4240ece | |
| parent | 54fd8ae0a38018ac122aefdda68bdea341d0de20 (diff) | |
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#7653: clarify how the PythonPath registry key should look like.
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diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst index f5235f1..52349d7 100644 --- a/Doc/using/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst @@ -168,12 +168,13 @@ separated by semicolons, though, to distinguish them from drive identifiers .. `` -Modifying the module search path can also be done through the Windows registry: -Edit -:file:`HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Python\\PythonCore\\{version}\\PythonPath\\`, -as described above for the environment variable :envvar:`%PYTHONPATH%`. A -convenient registry editor is :program:`regedit` (start it by typing "regedit" -into :menuselection:`Start --> Run`). +Modifying the module search path can also be done through the Windows registry +under the key :file:`HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Python\\PythonCore\\{version}\\PythonPath`. +Subkeys which have semicolon-delimited path strings as their default value will +cause each path to be searched. Multiple subkeys can be created and are +appended to the path in alphabetical order. A convenient registry editor is +:program:`regedit` (start it by typing "regedit" into :menuselection:`Start --> +Run`). Executing scripts |