How to add Python to Windows registry

I faced to the same problem. I solved it by

1. navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Python\PythonCore\3.4\InstallPath and edit the default key with the output ofC:\> where python.exe command.
2. navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Python\PythonCore\3.4\InstallPath\InstallGroup and edit the default key with Python 3.4

Note: My python version is 3.4 and you need to replace 3.4 with your python version.

Normally you can find Registry entries for Python in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\<version>. You just need to copy those entries to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Python\PythonCore\<version>

You can find the Python executable with this command:

C:\> where python.exe

It should return something like:

C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Local\enthought\Canopy32\User\python.exe

Open regedit, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\<version>\PythonPath and add or edit the default key with this the value found in the first command.Logout, login and python should be found. SciKit can now be installed.

See Additional “application paths” in https://docs.python.org/2/using/windows.html#finding-modules for more details.

I had the same issue while trying to install bots on a Windows Server. Took me a while to find a solution, but this is what worked for me:

1. Open Command Prompt as Administrator
2. Copy this: reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.7\InstallPath /ve /t REG_SZ /d "C:\Python27" /f and tailor for your specifications.
3. Right click and paste the tailored version into Command Prompt and hit Enter!

Anyway, I hope that this can help someone in the future.