Python 3.6 on Windows - does a python3 alias get created by installation?

[Dan Purgert]

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Malcolm Greene wrote:
> I'm jumping between Linux, Mac and Windows environments. On Linux and
> Mac we can invoke Python via python3 but on Windows it appears that
> only python works. Interestingly, Windows supports both pip and pip3
> flavors. Am I missing something? And yes, I know I can manually create
> a python3 alias by copying python.exe to python3.exe but that approach
> has its own set of nuances on locked down servers plus the hassle of
> keeping these python3 copies up-to-date across Python updates.
>
> Also curious: Do the Windows versions of Python 3.7 and 3.8 provide a
> python3 alias to start Python?.
>
> Thanks!
> Malcolm

Linux (and presumably Mac) just set "python" and "python3" as symlinks
to various flavors of python2.x or 3.x.  Setting up a couple of links /
shortcuts should be equally possible on a windows box.


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