Using PIP in Python 3.10 on Windows 10

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On 2022-01-14 17:40, Jonathan Gossage wrote:
> I have installed Python 3.10.1 on Windows 10 using the recommended Windows
> Installer. When I try to access PIP from the command line, I get the
> following result, even though Python itself is accessible.
> 
> 
> C:\Users\jgoss>python
> Python 3.10.1 (tags/v3.10.1:2cd268a, Dec  6 2021, 19:10:37) [MSC v.1929 64
> bit (AMD64)] on win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> quit()
> 
> C:\Users\jgoss>pip install pip --upgrade
> Fatal error in launcher: Unable to create process using '"C:\Program
> Files\Python310\python.exe"  "C:\Program Files\Python310\Scripts\pip.exe"
> install pip --upgrade': The system cannot find the file specified.
> During the installation, I chose to install Python in a non-default
> location and to set the Environment variables.
>   The result of this attempt is shown below:
> 
> 
> C:\Users\jgoss>python
> Python 3.10.1 (tags/v3.10.1:2cd268a, Dec  6 2021, 19:10:37) [MSC v.1929 64
> bit (AMD64)] on win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> quit()
> 
> C:\Users\jgoss>pip install pip --upgrade
> Fatal error in launcher: Unable to create process using '"C:\Program
> Files\Python310\python.exe"  "C:\Program Files\Python310\Scripts\pip.exe"
> install pip --upgrade': The system cannot find the file specified.
> 
> It looks as if the launcher is expecting to find Python installed at
> c:\Program Files\Python3.10 whereas it has actually been installed at
> D:\Users\jgoss\AppData\local\python\python3.10. It seems that the launcher
> has not been updated to the latest installation location for python and
> that it also needs to handle a non-default install location. The same
> problem occurs if I take the install option to install to the default
> location.
> Is there any workaround as PIP is essential to my environment?
> 
These days it's recommended that you use the Python Launcher and the pip 
module:

py -m pip install pip --upgrade