title: Installing SetupTools on 64-bit Windows
body: <p>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:</p>
  
  <pre><code>`Python Version 2.7 required which was not found in the registry`
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My installed version of Python is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>`Python 2.7 (r27:82525, Jul  4 2010, 07:43:08) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32`
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>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?</p>