Shared 64bit python installation

Question

I keep a 32bit python26 installation on a shared drive which other computers use to run scripts. These computers have no python interpreter installed.

I tried to put a 64bit python27 on the shared drive and the python.exe fails to start on the remote computers:

All the remote pc's run 64bit Windows 7. They have a mapped drive "Z" with the python directory and issue commands like:

z:\python27\python.exe somescript.py

Do I need to drop some extra dll's on the 64bit python27 shared directory to make it work?

Answer 1

In future, to avoid this install python on the development machine for "Current User". This will put pythonXX.dll in the install directory, eg C:\\Python27 and then you can just copy the whole folder to Z:\\ and be done.

When you install python for "All Users" the pythonXX.dll goes into Windows\\System32 (or Windows\\SysWOW64 ).

Answer 2

Just to close this question. You will need to put python27.dll on the shared python folder. This is usually on the C:\\Windows\\System32 folder of a local installation.