[New-bugs-announce] [issue25355] Windows 3.5 installer does not add python to "App Paths" key

[Oscar Benjamin]

New submission from Oscar Benjamin:

>From the mailing list:
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2015-October/697744.html

'''
The new installer for 3.5 doesn't create an "App Paths" key for
"python.exe" like the old installer used to do (see the old
Tools/msi/msi.py). Without that, unless python.exe is in the search
PATH, "Win+R -> python" and running "start python" in the command
prompt won't work. You can of course add the key manually as the
default value for
"[HKLM|HKCU]\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App
Paths\python.exe". IMO, this makes it the 'system' Python.
'''

Is this an intentional change or an oversight?

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components: Installation
messages: 252618
nosy: oscarbenjamin
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Windows 3.5 installer does not add python to "App Paths" key
versions: Python 3.5

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