On 4/15/22 08:59, Grant Edwards wrote: > Of course it's easy to add. But, we're talking about people who have > no idea how to do that. They have no clue how to "navigate to the > install directory". They don't even realize anything _was_ installed.
I dunno, it's a pretty WIndows-y thing, right-click + create shortcut. But anyway... > The problem is that people run the installer, don't see a desktop > icon, and think nothing has been installed. Or they think the > installer "is python", and run it over and over again trying to "run > Python". Then they post the exact same plea for help that has been > posted coutless times. > > If the installer, by default, created an IDLE desktop shortcut and a > cmd.exe shortcut that ran Python, I believe it would eliminate most of > those problems. I'd add - not naming the installer something Windows' memory of recent files retains as being Python itself - could be as simple as including the word "setup" in the name. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list