Installed 3.5.0 successfully on Windows 10, but where is DDLs, Doc, Lib, etc?

eryksun eryksun at gmail.com
Wed Oct 14 19:20:22 EDT 2015


On 10/14/15, Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You can find where Python is installed using Python itself: try `py
> -3.5 -c "import sys, os;os.system('explorer ' + sys.prefix)"` at the
> Command Prompt,

Here's a slightly simpler way to open the folder:

    py -3.5 -c "import os, sys; os.startfile(sys.prefix)"

> By the way, C:\Users\(your name)\AppData does exist, but is hidden by
> default.  It will tab-complete, though; at Command Prompt do `dir
> C:\Users\(your name)\App<tab>`.

You can list all files and directories using the /a switch of cmd's
dir command, and just directories (including hidden ones) using /ad,
e.g.

    dir /ad %userprofile%



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