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.. highlightlang:: none
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.. _using-on-windows:
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 Using Python on Windows
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.. sectionauthor:: Robert Lehmann <lehmannro@gmail.com>
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This document aims to give an overview of Windows-specific behaviour you should
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know about when using Python on Microsoft Windows.
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Installing Python
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Unlike most Unix systems and services, Windows does not require Python natively
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and thus does not pre-install a version of Python.  However, the CPython team
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has compiled Windows installers (MSI packages) with every `release
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<http://www.python.org/download/releases/>`_ for many years.
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With ongoing development of Python, some platforms that used to be supported
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earlier are no longer supported (due to the lack of users or developers).
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Check :pep:`11` for details on all unsupported platforms.
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* DOS and Windows 3.x are deprecated since Python 2.0 and code specific to these
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  systems was removed in Python 2.1.
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* Up to 2.5, Python was still compatible with Windows 95, 98 and ME (but already
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  raised a deprecation warning on installation).  For Python 2.6 (and all
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  following releases), this support was dropped and new releases are just
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  expected to work on the Windows NT family.
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* `Windows CE <http://pythonce.sourceforge.net/>`_ is still supported.
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* The `Cygwin <http://cygwin.com/>`_ installer offers to install the `Python
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  interpreter <http://cygwin.com/packages/python>`_ as well; it is located under
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  "Interpreters." (cf. `Cygwin package source
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  <ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/pc/gnuwin32/cygwin/mirrors/cygnus/
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  release/python>`_, `Maintainer releases
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  <http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/python/>`_)
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See `Python for Windows (and DOS) <http://www.python.org/download/windows/>`_
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for detailed information about platforms with precompiled installers.
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.. seealso::
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   `Python on XP <http://www.richarddooling.com/index.php/2006/03/14/python-on-xp-7-minutes-to-hello-world/>`_
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      "7 Minutes to "Hello World!""
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      by Richard Dooling, 2006
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   `Installing on Windows <http://diveintopython.org/installing_python/windows.html>`_
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      in "`Dive into Python: Python from novice to pro
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      <http://diveintopython.org/index.html>`_"
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      by Mark Pilgrim, 2004,
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      ISBN 1-59059-356-1
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   `For Windows users <http://swaroopch.com/text/Byte_of_Python:Installing_Python#For_Windows_users>`_
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      in "Installing Python"
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      in "`A Byte of Python <http://www.byteofpython.info>`_"
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      by Swaroop C H, 2003
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Alternative bundles
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Besides the standard CPython distribution, there are modified packages including
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additional functionality.  The following is a list of popular versions and their
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key features:
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`ActivePython <http://www.activestate.com/Products/activepython/>`_
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    Installer with multi-platform compatibility, documentation, PyWin32
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`Python Enthought Edition <http://code.enthought.com/enthon/>`_
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    Popular modules (such as PyWin32) with their respective documentation, tool
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    suite for building extensible python applications
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Notice that these packages are likely to install *older* versions of Python.
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Configuring Python
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In order to run Python flawlessly, you might have to change certain environment
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settings in Windows.
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Excursus: Setting environment variables
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Windows has a built-in dialog for changing environment variables (following
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guide applies to XP classical view): Right-click the icon for your machine 
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(usually located on your Desktop and called "My Computer") and choose 
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:menuselection:`Properties` there.  Then, open the :guilabel:`Advanced` tab 
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and click the :guilabel:`Environment Variables` button.
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In short, your path is:
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    :menuselection:`My Computer
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    --> Properties
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    --> Advanced
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    --> Environment Variables`
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In this dialog, you can add or modify User and System variables. To change
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System variables, you need non-restricted access to your machine
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(i.e. Administrator rights).
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Another way of adding variables to your environment is using the :command:`set`
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command::
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    set PYTHONPATH=%PYTHONPATH%;C:\My_python_lib
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To make this setting permanent, you could add the corresponding command line to
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your :file:`autoexec.bat`. :program:`msconfig` is a graphical interface to this
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file.
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Viewing environment variables can also be done more straight-forward: The
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command prompt will expand strings wrapped into percent signs automatically::
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    echo %PATH%
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Consult :command:`set /?` for details on this behaviour.
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.. seealso::
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   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/100843
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      Environment variables in Windows NT
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      How To Manage Environment Variables in Windows XP
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   http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/~louis/software/faq/q1.html
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      Setting Environment variables, Louis J. Farrugia
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Finding the Python executable
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Besides using the automatically created start menu entry for the Python
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interpreter, you might want to start Python in the DOS prompt.  To make this
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work, you need to set your :envvar:`%PATH%` environment variable to include the
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directory of your Python distribution, delimited by a semicolon from other
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entries.  An example variable could look like this (assuming the first two
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entries are Windows' default)::
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    C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\Python25
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Typing :command:`python` on your command prompt will now fire up the Python
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interpreter.  Thus, you can also execute your scripts with command line options,
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see :ref:`using-on-cmdline` documentation.
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Finding modules
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Python usually stores its library (and thereby your site-packages folder) in the
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installation directory.  So, if you had installed Python to
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:file:`C:\\Python\\`, the default library would reside in
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:file:`C:\\Python\\Lib\\` and third-party modules should be stored in
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:file:`C:\\Python\\Lib\\site-packages\\`.
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.. `` this fixes syntax highlighting errors in some editors due to the \\ hackery
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You can add folders to your search path to make Python's import mechanism search
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in these directories as well.  Use :envvar:`PYTHONPATH`, as described in
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:ref:`using-on-envvars`, to modify :data:`sys.path`.  On Windows, paths are
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separated by semicolons, though, to distinguish them from drive identifiers
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(:file:`C:\\` etc.).
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.. ``
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Modifying the module search path can also be done through the Windows registry:
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:file:`HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Python\\PythonCore\\{version}\\PythonPath\\`,
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as described above for the environment variable :envvar:`%PYTHONPATH%`.  A
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convenient registry editor is :program:`regedit` (start it by typing "regedit"
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into :menuselection:`Start --> Run`).
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Executing scripts
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Python scripts (files with the extension ``.py``) will be executed by
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:program:`python.exe` by default.  This executable opens a terminal, which stays
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open even if the program uses a GUI.  If you do not want this to happen, use the
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extension ``.pyw`` which will cause the script to be executed by
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:program:`pythonw.exe` by default (both executables are located in the top-level
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of your Python installation directory).  This suppresses the terminal window on
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startup.
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You can also make all ``.py`` scripts execute with :program:`pythonw.exe`,
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setting this through the usual facilities, for example (might require
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administrative rights):
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#. Launch a command prompt.
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#. Associate the correct file group with ``.py`` scripts::
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      assoc .py=Python.File
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#. Redirect all Python files to the new executable::
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      ftype Python.File=C:\Path\to\pythonw.exe "%1" %*
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Additional modules
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Even though Python aims to be portable among all platforms, there are features
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that are unique to Windows.  A couple of modules, both in the standard library
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and external, and snippets exist to use these features.
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The Windows-specific standard modules are documented in
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:ref:`mswin-specific-services`.
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The `PyWin32 <http://python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/>`_ module by Mark Hammond
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is a collection of modules for advanced Windows-specific support.  This includes
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utilities for:
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* `Component Object Model <http://www.microsoft.com/com/>`_ (COM)
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* Win32 API calls
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* Registry
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* Event log
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* `Microsoft Foundation Classes <http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/
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  en-us/vclib/html/_mfc_Class_Library_Reference_Introduction.asp>`_ (MFC)
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  user interfaces
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`PythonWin <http://web.archive.org/web/20060524042422/
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http://www.python.org/windows/pythonwin/>`_ is a sample MFC application
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shipped with PyWin32.  It is an embeddable IDE with a built-in debugger.
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.. seealso::
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   `Win32 How Do I...? <http://timgolden.me.uk/python/win32_how_do_i.html>`_
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      by Tim Golden
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   `Python and COM <http://www.boddie.org.uk/python/COM.html>`_
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      by David and Paul Boddie
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`Py2exe <http://www.py2exe.org/>`_ is a :mod:`distutils` extension (see
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:ref:`extending-distutils`) which wraps Python scripts into executable Windows
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programs (:file:`{*}.exe` files).  When you have done this, you can distribute
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your application without requiring your users to install Python.
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Since Python's advanced terminal handling layer, :mod:`curses`, is restricted to
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Unix-like systems, there is a library exclusive to Windows as well: Windows
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Console I/O for Python.
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`WConio <http://newcenturycomputers.net/projects/wconio.html>`_ is a wrapper for
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Turbo-C's :file:`CONIO.H`, used to create text user interfaces.
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Compiling Python on Windows
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If you want to compile CPython yourself, first thing you should do is get the
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`source <http://python.org/download/source/>`_. You can download either the
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latest release's source or just grab a fresh `checkout
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<http://www.python.org/dev/faq/#how-do-i-get-a-checkout-of-the-repository-read-only-and-read-write>`_.
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For Microsoft Visual C++, which is the compiler with which official Python
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releases are built, the source tree contains solutions/project files.  View the
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:file:`readme.txt` in their respective directories:
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| Directory          | MSVC version | Visual Studio version |
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| :file:`PC/VC6/`    | 6.0          | 97                    |
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| :file:`PC/VS7.1/`  | 7.1          | 2003                  |
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| :file:`PC/VS8.0/`  | 8.0          | 2005                  |
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| :file:`PCbuild/`   | 9.0          | 2008                  |
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Note that not all of these build directories are fully supported.  Read the
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release notes to see which compiler version the official releases for your
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version are built with.
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Check :file:`PC/readme.txt` for general information on the build process.
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For extension modules, consult :ref:`building-on-windows`.
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.. seealso::
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   `Python + Windows + distutils + SWIG + gcc MinGW <http://sebsauvage.net/python/mingw.html>`_
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      or "Creating Python extensions in C/C++ with SWIG and compiling them with
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      MinGW gcc under Windows" or "Installing Python extension with distutils
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      and without Microsoft Visual C++" by Sébastien Sauvage, 2003
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   `MingW -- Python extensions <http://www.mingw.org/MinGWiki/index.php/Python%20extensions>`_
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      by Trent Apted et al, 2007
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Other resources
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.. seealso::
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   `Python Programming On Win32 <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonwin32/>`_
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      "Help for Windows Programmers"
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      by Mark Hammond and Andy Robinson, O'Reilly Media, 2000,
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      ISBN 1-56592-621-8
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   `A Python for Windows Tutorial <http://www.imladris.com/Scripts/PythonForWindows.html>`_
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      by Amanda Birmingham, 2004
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