#35511: Documentation uses the py binary in Windows, which may not always be
available
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Reporter: Alex | Owner: Alex
Type: Cleanup/optimization | Status: assigned
Component: Documentation | Version: dev
Severity: Normal | Keywords: windows
Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 0
Needs documentation: 0 | Needs tests: 0
Patch needs improvement: 0 | Easy pickings: 0
UI/UX: 0 |
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In places like the tutorial, the windows version of the command always
uses `py` like, `py -m django --version`.
The `py` binary is available only if python is installed via the
python.org installer. However, if you install python via the Microsoft
Store, the `py`binary is not available.
> When you install Python from the Microsoft Store, the py command is not
included. For Linux, macOS, WSL and the Microsoft Store version of Python,
you should use the python3 (or python3.7) command.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/python/faqs#what-is-py-exe-
The python.org installer adds `py` by default, however, it only adds
`python` if the option "Add python.exe to PATH" is selected in the first
step of the installer.
Without the option, typing `python` or `python3` will launch the
[https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9pjpw5ldxlz5?hl=en-us&gl=US Microsoft
Store]
I would recommend that in the
[https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/intro/install/#install-python
install section] have specific instructions for Windows to use the
python.org installer, not the Microsoft Store one. Also explain that the
store one, doesn't have `py`.
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