Python installation

[Mats Wichmann]

On 7/4/22 06:29, Mark Pawelek wrote:
> I also have a windows installation issue on Windows 10:
> 
> ISSUE:  I cannot select a folder to install Python in. I want to put
> it under Program Files. The 'installer' only wants to put it in
> C:\users\Lenovo\AppData\local\Programs\Python\Python310
> 
> What do I do to alter the path to something like:
> C:\Programs\Python310  or  C:\Program Files\Python310 ?
> 
> The installer I'm using is: python-3.10.5-amd64.exe - which I
> downloaded today.

The second page of Advanced Options has a section to customize the
install location.

If some vestige of the old installation lives on, so the installer
thinks it's modifying an existing install rather than a fresh one, that
option would be greyed out.