[mod_python] How to make mod_python (Win32) not to rely on registry key?

Hello,

I've installed mod_python/2.7.6 and Python/2.4.3 on Apache 1.3.36 (Windows).

"Hello, World!" example works fine. My httpd.conf contains:

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SetEnv PYTHONHOME "c:/python24/"
SetEnv PYTHONPATH
"C:/Python24/Lib;C:/Python24/Lib/mod_python;C:/Python24/DLLs;C:/Python24/Lib/lib-tk"
LoadModule python_module c:/python24/mod_python.dll

<VirtualHost         127.0.0.1>
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<Directory "c:/Apache_Swissknife/Websites/localhost01/html/python/">
AddHandler python-program .py
PythonHandler test
PythonDebug on
</Directory>
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(note that environment variables are set using Apache's SetEnv directives).

The problem is that mod_python doesn't look at these env. variables. It
checks only HKCU\Software\Python registry hive. If I remove it and restart
Apache, I get "error 500".

I am not happy of this behaviour because I need pocket version of Apache
and mod_python on my USB drive and do not want any modifications to the
Registry. Mod_perl works this way, why mod_python doesn't? Is there any
workaround?

Yours,
Sanja