[issue40687] Windows py.exe launcher interacts badly with Windows store python.exe shim

Steve Dower added the comment: If someone remembers where the other "shebangs on Windows don't make sense" issue is, I think we can close this one in favour of that. Though it's also an important point for issue40667 - if "python.exe" becomes the launcher, then this will get stuck in an

[issue40687] Windows py.exe launcher interacts badly with Windows store python.exe shim

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[issue40687] Windows py.exe launcher interacts badly with Windows store python.exe shim

New submission from Ben Spiller : The py.exe launcher doc states "If no relevant options are set, the commands python and python2 will use the latest Python 2.x version installed" ... which was indeed working reliably until Microsoft added their weird python.exe shim (which either terminates