Where is python and idle?

Igor Korot ikorot01 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 21 11:28:40 EDT 2017


Hi,

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Nathan Ernst <nathan.ernst at gmail.com> wrote:
> Check your user folder. For me, on my PC, python is installed
> at C:\Users\nernst\AppData\Local\Programs\Python

I don't know about python, but usually a good Windows installer ask
for the place
to install and give some default path there.

Thank you.

P.S. Also I'd check Windows menu - it better have a shortcuts for opening IDLE.

>
> Regards,
> Nate
>
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 9:24 AM, Brian Case <brian at brianlcase.com> wrote:
>
>> I am running windows 10 version 1703 as administrator on a Dell Inspiron
>> 15 laptop.
>>
>> I downloaded and installed python 3.6.2 from
>> https://www.python.org/downloads/ for windows.
>>
>> https://www.programiz.com/python-programming  instructs me to open IDLE
>> once that install completed.
>>
>> But I find NEITHER Python nor IDLE anywhere on my machine.
>>
>> I reran the install which gave me options for REPAIR. I ran it, which
>> completed successfully and provided the python-list email address.
>>
>> I still cannot find an executable or a folder for anything beginning with
>> Python.
>>
>> Where should I look besides folders C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files
>> (x86)?
>>
>>  Regards,
>>
>> Brian Case
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>>
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