Python 3.12.1, Windows 11: shebang line #!/usr/bin/env python3 doesn't work any more

[Thomas Passin]

On 1/15/2024 7:24 PM, Thomas Passin wrote:
> On 1/15/2024 6:27 PM, Greg Ewing via Python-list wrote:
>> On 16/01/24 11:55 am, Mats Wichmann wrote:
>>> Windows natively has something called python.exe and python3.exe 
>>> which is interfering here
>>
>> I'm wondering whether py.exe should be taught to recognise these stubs
>> and ignore them. This sounds like something that could trip a lot of
>> people up.
> 
> There are registry entries that say where all the python.org install 
> locations are.  I suppose, but don't know, that py.exe checks them.  The 
> registry entries are 
> in Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore

For python.org installs that are installed for all users, the entries are in

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore