Application problems

[Barry]

> On 10 Mar 2021, at 22:14, Thomas Jollans <tjol at tjol.eu> wrote:
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> On 10/03/2021 21:50, Mats Wichmann wrote:
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>> For the first one, don't feel too bad, this ("opening the normal python") seems to be biting a lot of people recently
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> 
> I wonder why. Python's installation process isn't any different from most other Windows software released the past 25-ish years. Is it possible that Windows 10's search feature sometimes makes poor choices, and typing "<Windows>python" just brings up the wrong thing?
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> (I just tested it on a clean VM and that's not what happens, but maybe for some people? I dunno

I think it is as simple as the python installer does not have the string “setup” in the name.
I raise a bpo that is getting worked to change this hopefully for 3.10 maybe 3.11.

Barry




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