[AG-TECH] Python verson coexistence on 64 bit Windows?

[Jon Johansson]

Hi,

I installed AG 3.1 a couple of days ago on my desktop machine
and it seems to work fine: WinXP Pro x64. Of course, AG
requires a 32 bit version of Python 2.4.

I then installed an update to Tecplot which installed a 64 bit
version of python 2.5. My AG was broken because the environment
variable PYTHONHOME had its value changed from C:\Python24\
to C:\Python25\. When I changed the variable to point to the 
older python AG worked again. Now, manually changing the 
environment variable depending on the software I want to run
is somewhat inelegant, and I'd like to think that the packages
are a bit more sophisticated than that. I Googled around and
Python coexistence on Windows doesn't seem to work, but I'm hoping
that someone here might have a better experience and be willing
to share.
 
Thanks for any help,
Jon.

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