Brett Cannon wrote: > There is an option to install Python to PATH on Windows if you check the appropriate box during installation, but that's not really the > way Windows apps typically work.
In this case of the OP, if they're mass installing Python on company Windows devices, they might want to consider using the PrependPath option (which adds Python to PATH from the command line). I.E. python-3.8.0.exe /quiet InstallAllUsers=1 PrependPath=1 (IIRC, the above installation should allow usage of "python3" on Windows for all users on the device) On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 7:52 PM Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 3:47 PM Mike Miller <python-id...@mgmiller.net> > wrote: > >> >> On 2020-03-23 10:59, Frédéric De Jaeger wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > There is a recurring problem >> >> Yep, that's a problem. I've built up a habit on Ubuntu where I type >> python3 a >> number of times a day, honed over several years. So far so good. >> > > Also note that Python doesn't control the OS vendors and this is very much > a vendor decision. We tried to provide guidance, but that doesn't mean we > are listened to. :) > > >> >> Recently I've had to use a Windows VM for some stuff at work, where I >> installed >> Python 3 as well. Every time I type python3 at the command-line (instead >> of >> python) to use the repl, it tries to load the Microsoft App Store! >> > > There is an option to install Python to PATH on Windows if you check the > appropriate box during installation, but that's not really the way Windows > apps typically work. > > >> >> I realize why that was done, to help out newbies, but it is not what I >> want at >> all. Not the end of the world, but some consistency would be nice. >> > > As I said, you can install Python to PATH on Windows if you choose. > > I'm also slowly working on a Python Launcher for UNIX so the other option > some day might be `py` no matter what OS you're on. > > -Brett > > >> >> -Mike >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ >> Message archived at >> https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/4XXUECWBIFLK6IRW7FA6TXLUIYQ7CQHS/ >> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >> > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/NZ3J3Y6GEQDBU7U2ID4L5J4CHRG4LWHS/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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