MySQLdb import setuptools registry key blah

For my nth time reinstalling python and setting up MySQL on a windows machine, i'm back to the same list of errors

ImportError: No module named setuptools

I go find setup tools and install this. Next:

File "setup.py", line 15, in
metadata, options = get_config()
File "C:\Software\MySQL-python-1.2.3c1\setup_windows.py", line 7, in get_confi
g
serverKey = _winreg.OpenKey(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, options['registry_ke
y'])
WindowsError: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified

Gotta love these errors. Completely unintuitive for a relatively tiny and essential package.

The solution???

Give up trying to use the latest release, maybe it's optimised for linux anoraks and use:

http://www.technicalbard.com/files/MySQL-python-1.2.2.win32-py2.6.exe

This installer will sort out everything