Openning Python program

[Barry]

> On 7 Feb 2022, at 15:55, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 2022-02-06, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 6 Feb 2022 13:44:07 +0530, "createkmontalbion at gmail.com"
>> <createkmontalbion at gmail.com> declaimed the following:
>> 
>>>  I cannot open python after downloading it keeps going to modify/uninstall
>>>  ?? please help
>> 
>> Stop clicking on the INSTALLER. What you downloaded is just the program
>> that installs and configures Python on your system. Stuff it away someplace
>> safe should you need to modify the current installation, but otherwise just
>> forget that it exists.
> 
> This is _still_ a problem after all these years and countless
> identical complaints?
> 
> How difficult would it be to add a few lines of text to the installer
> welcome screen explaining that you've just started the Python
> INSTALLER, and if you've already done the installation and want to
> "run Python" try <whatever>?

Better yet include the word setup in the installer .exe name.
Just like almost every other installer does.

Barry

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