removing extensions without admin rights

[theller]

BPO	555810
Nosy	@mhammond, @theller

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assignee = 'https://github.com/theller'
closed_at = <Date 2004-07-02.23:55:25.000>
created_at = <Date 2002-05-14.08:53:04.000>
labels = ['OS-windows']
title = 'removing extensions without admin rights'
updated_at = <Date 2004-07-02.23:55:25.000>
user = 'https://github.com/theller'

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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue555810'
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[theller]

It is possible for ordinary users to remove python
extensions installed from bdist_wininst by an admin.
bdist_wininst should check permissions before allowing
this.

[mhammond]

Logged In: YES
user_id=14198

Fixed via http://www.python.org/sf/983775