repair modify uninstall

[Terry Reedy]

On 6/10/2020 11:30 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2020-06-11, Michael Torrie <torriem at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Since this comes up on a weekly basis, perhaps the installer should open
>> that web page to section 3.8.1 after a successful installation.  Maybe
>> users would read that short section and not try to run the installer
>> over and over again.  Or since that can be annoying, a prominent "how to
>> get started" link to click on.  I dunno.
> 
> Suggestions like this also get made regularly.  I'm baffled why the
> Python installer doesn't display an initial screen that says something
> like.
> 
>       This is the Python INSTALLER.  If you have installed Python,
>       here's what you do to run it:
> 
>          <I don't know what goes here since I don't use Windows>
> 
>       Click the buttons below only if you want to INSTALL, UNINSTALL,
>       or REPAIR Python. See the above instruction to use/run Python.
> 
>> I'm not sure why users think the installer is the python interpreter
>> after running it the first time, but apparently many do.
> 
> Indeed.  Is the file name not clear that it's an installer?

No.  python-3.8.3-amd64.exe, which is typical naming for install files. 
I opened
https://bugs.python.org/issue40948
and suggested adding '-setup' or '-install', as well as instructions on 
the initial screen for existing installs, and, if not present, the final 
screen for new installs.


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Terry Jan Reedy