Solution: Python Version 2.7 required, which was not found in

I'm running Python 2.7 on Windows 7 64-bit, and when I run the installer for setuptools it tells me that Python 2.7 is not installed. The specific error message is:

I'm looking at the setuptools site and it doesn't mention any installers for 64-bit Windows. Have I missed something or do I have to install this from source?

How to install SetupTools on 64-bit Windows?

Solution:

Apparently (having faced related 64-and 32-bit issues on OS X) there is a bug in the Windows installer. I stumbled expose SS this workaround, which might help-basically, you create your own registry value:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Wow6432Node \ Python \ PythonCore \ 2.7 \ InstallPath

And copy over the InstallPath value from:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Python \ PythonCore \ 2.7 \ InstallPath

Thank you for reading!