[issue43364] Add shortcut to enable UTF-8 mode in start menu.

Steve Dower added the comment: Maybe as a global setting, the better thing to copy is the button at the end of installation that offers to change the long path policy? That would give a bit more room that a checkbox to explain what is being set and what the implications are, which will help

[issue43364] Add shortcut to enable UTF-8 mode in start menu.

Inada Naoki added the comment: User may install Python from python.org installer, scoop, conda, and Windows Store. So envvar is not a right tool to configure only one installation. Anyway, adding more complex way to configure Python can be discussed later. Paul Moore againsted adding more

[issue43364] Add shortcut to enable UTF-8 mode in start menu.

Eryk Sun added the comment: > I'm always very hesitant to modify system-wide (or user-wide) settings > like this though. I'd be more comfortable if we made it a PYTHONUTF8_310 > variable that _only_ applies to that specific version. Otherwise someone > might install an update and break

[issue43364] Add shortcut to enable UTF-8 mode in start menu.

Change by Inada Naoki : -- pull_requests: +23513 pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/24743 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue43364] Add shortcut to enable UTF-8 mode in start menu.

Change by Inada Naoki : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +23512 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/24742 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue43364] Add shortcut to enable UTF-8 mode in start menu.

Inada Naoki added the comment: > You can run "[WindowsFolder]System32\setx.exe" directly. It's not a shell > command. Thank you. I will do. > For modifying an environment variable, please clone the entire path MSI and > use an Environment element to update it. Should be a little simpler

[issue43364] Add shortcut to enable UTF-8 mode in start menu.

Steve Dower added the comment: For modifying an environment variable, please clone the entire path MSI and use an Environment element to update it. Should be a little simpler than that one, because it's a constant. I'm always very hesitant to modify system-wide (or user-wide) settings like

[issue43364] Add shortcut to enable UTF-8 mode in start menu.

Eryk Sun added the comment: > `cmd.exe /c "SETX PYTHONUTF8 1 You can run "[WindowsFolder]System32\setx.exe" directly. It's not a shell command. -- nosy: +eryksun ___ Python tracker