Python: Installing pip on Windows "Python Version 2.7 required which was not found in the registry"

Question

I'm trying to install pip onto windows, but I keep getting the following error:

"Python Version 2.7 required which was not found in the registry"

I've looked around for a solution and I have checked to see if the registry value was in:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore\2.6\InstallPath

as recommended in this post: Installing SetupTools on 64-bit Windows

It's present in that register. So I don't know what to do next.

I just copied that from the other post......It's 2.7 in my path — user2657669, Jan 07 '14 at 22:08

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 24 '14 at 08:17

I made this reg file and imported it (assuming that your python is in "c:\python27"):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore\2.7]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore\2.7\Help]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore\2.7\Help\Main Python Documentation]
@="C:\\Python27\\Doc\\python276.chm"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore\2.7\InstallPath]
@="C:\\Python27\\"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore\2.7\InstallPath\InstallGroup]
@="Python 2.7"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore\2.7\Modules]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Python\PythonCore\2.7\PythonPath]
@="C:\\Python27\\Lib;C:\\Python27\\DLLs;C:\\Python27\\Lib\\lib-tk"

hope this helps you (don't forget to restart after you do it...)

Python: Installing pip on Windows "Python Version 2.7 required which was not found in the registry"

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