I'm seeing the same issue (though I also get the missing-DLL error dialog when I run python.exe). -Ben
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 6:20 AM, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 9 March 2015 at 09:34, Larry Hastings <la...@hastings.org> wrote: > > On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5 release > > team, I'm thrilled to announce the availability of Python 3.5.0a2. > Python > > 3.5.0a2 is the second alpha release of Python 3.5, which will be the next > > major release of Python. Python 3.5 is still under heavy development, > and > > is far from complete. > > Hmm, I just tried to install the 64-bit "full installer" version, for > all users with the default options. This is on a PC that hasn't had > 3.5 installed before, and doesn't have Visual Studio 2015 installed. > When it got to the step "precompiling standard library" I got an error > window pop up saying "python.exe - system error. The program can't > start because api-ms-win-crt-runtime-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your > computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem." All there > was was an "OK" button. Pressing that told me "Setup was successful" > but then "py -3.5 -V" gives me nothing (no error, no version, just > returns me to the command prompt). Same result if I do "& 'C:\Program > Files\Python 3.5\python.exe' -V". > > Python 3.5.0a2 (64-bit) is showing in my "Add/Remove Programs". > > This is Windows 7, 64-bit. > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/benhoyt%40gmail.com >
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