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Dennis Putnam <dap1 <at> bellsouth.net> writes:
> On 4/4/2016 5:53 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
> > On 04/04/2016 11:28, Dennis Putnam wrote:
> >> I'm trying to install pypiwin32  and have hit a stone wall. That module
> >> wants _winreg so I installed cygwinreg. However, I cannot find a way to
> >> tell pip to use cygwinreg rather than _winreg. Is there a way to alias
> >> or some way to get pip to use the right module? TIA.
> > I doubt the package is cygwin compatible
> If that is the case then is there another way to open message boxes
> without running Xwin?

If you don't care how you do it, while looking for an alternative to XP cmd
msg, found http://stackoverflow.com/a/8965189:

$ mshta "javascript:alert('Message\n\nMultiple\nLines\ntoo\!');close();"

Works on Win7 at least, as long as you don't strip .../Windows/system32 from
PATH.

More suggestions and variations at: 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12514475/how-can-you-create-pop-up-messages-in-a-batch-script



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