Openning Python program

[Chris Angelico]

On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 at 04:30, Cecil Westerhof via Python-list
<python-list at python.org> wrote:
>
> Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 at 02:53, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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>?
> >>
> >
> > How difficult would it be to get people to read those lines, though?
>
> That does remind me about a system administrator who wanted to make a
> point. He changed something on the server so all the Windows computers
> started up and gave a message:
>         If you want to continue: click Cancel
>
> The help-desk became flooded with calls. I think he did a great job of
> showing a vulnerability. But it was not appreciated and he was fired.
> :'-(
>

First image in this collection:

https://thedailywtf.com/articles/How-Do-I-Use-This

For those who can't click on links, it's a screenshot of a
confirmation dialogue. The user asked to cancel all the current
transfers, and the system wanted to check that the user really wanted
to do that; if you do indeed want to cancel those transfers, click
"Cancel", but if you actually don't want to, click "Cancel" instead.

ChrisA