Python 3.6 installation doesn't add launcher to PATH

ChrisW c.c.wood at gmail.com
Sun Feb 26 10:00:36 EST 2017


On Friday, 24 February 2017 18:09:01 UTC, Irmen de Jong  wrote:
> On 24-2-2017 13:38, ChrisW wrote:
> > The installation guidelines for Python 3.6 say:
> > 
> > "Per-user installations of Python do not add the launcher to PATH unless the option was selected on installation." (https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html#from-the-command-line).
> > 
> > However, I've installed Python 3.6 with the 'include PATH' checkbox ticked for my user only, and although C:\Windows\py.exe exists, it has not been added to my PATH. 
> > 
> > I also tried installing for all users, and this also doesn't add it to the PATH.
> > 
> > Is this a bug, or have I done something wrong?!
> > 
> 
> Hm, I don't remember having this issue when installing this myself.
> 
> Are you sure you're checking it from a newly opened cmd.exe *after* the install
> finished?  Already opened windows won't see the change until restarted.
> 
> Irmen

Yeh - it definitely still happens with a new cmd window...



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