> Perhaps this functionality could be added to the Csound for Windows
> installer so that it would locate download Python from the installer
> but not have to be bundled with it.

I think that the correct way to go about it would be for the installer
to check if Python exists on the host system, and if it does not
exist, offer a message to say "Python was not found on your system. To
use the Python opcodes and CsoundVST, please install now (Python
installer available from http://www.python.org) and press Retry, or
click cancel to continue on with installation.  You can always install
the above at a later time by installing Python and rerunning this
installer".  It'd remove a headache of the python opcodes on Windows
throwing linking errors, and the user would be given a very
informative message as to what's going on.