How to uninstall Python3.7 in Windows using cmd ?

Mike Dewhirst miked at dewhirst.com.au
Mon Mar 30 02:20:33 EDT 2020


On 30/03/2020 2:55 pm, Michael Torrie wrote:
> On 3/29/20 6:41 PM, Mike Dewhirst wrote:
>> I would first determine whether it is the 32 or 64 bit version which is
>> installed. I would then visit www.python.org and download the exact same
>> python executable installer. Don't know what msi is but it doesn't
>> matter. I think it just means microsoft installer.
> I think you misread both Terry and the original poster.

Maybe so but the method I suggested should install Python in a way which 
Windows should be able to uninstall and clear out what was there 
previously. That is why I said "it doesn't matter".

I hope.

>
> What Terry was trying to say is that there is no MSI installer available
> for python, so you cannot use the Microsoft MSI command line tool
> (msiexec), which was what the original poster was asking about.  Thus
> you cannot use msiexec.exe to remove Python by way of a batch file or
> script. He'll have to do it a different way.



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