"Python launcher" required to run *.py scripts on Windows?

[Terry Reedy]

On 6/27/2017 1:41 AM, Ben S. via Python-list wrote:
> As I observed v3.6.1 installs (on Windows 7) in addition to the core python engine a second program "Python Launcher".
> 
> As far as I read this component seems to be not necessary since it only aims to facilitate the handling with *.py scripts on Windows.
> 
> When I always call Python script from CommandPrompt like
> 
> D:\tools\Python\python.exe mypythonscript.py
> 
> then this Launcher should not be necessary.
> 
> Am I right?

As long as you have only 1 version of python installed, then there is no 
ambiguity to 'python', and you do not really need it.  But it is nice to 
be able to type 'py' regardless of the current working directory.

If you have more than 1 python version installed, it is very handy.

> Since I prefer to have as less prgrams installed as possible I consider to uninstall the Python Launcher.
> 
> Is this possible without causing trouble to Python executions?
> 
> Ben
> 


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Terry Jan Reedy