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r77209 | georg.brandl | 2010-01-01 07:07:05 -0600 (Fri, 01 Jan 2010) | 1 line
More yearly updates.
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r77229 | georg.brandl | 2010-01-02 06:35:01 -0600 (Sat, 02 Jan 2010) | 1 line
Fix casing.
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r77359 | georg.brandl | 2010-01-07 14:54:45 -0600 (Thu, 07 Jan 2010) | 1 line
Fix description for Py_GetPath(); it sounded like it always returned sys.path.
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r77360 | georg.brandl | 2010-01-07 15:48:47 -0600 (Thu, 07 Jan 2010) | 1 line
#7653: clarify how the PythonPath registry key should look like.
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r77371 | senthil.kumaran | 2010-01-08 13:20:25 -0600 (Fri, 08 Jan 2010) | 3 lines
Fix for Issue7026. For the Error - RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration
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diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst
index 7c61703..9571a18 100644
--- a/Doc/using/windows.rst
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@@ -166,12 +166,13 @@
.. ``
-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`).
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