[Tutor] Installing python

[Adam Eyring]

On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 8:10 PM Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 02/11/2018 22:49, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote:
> > On 02/11/2018 21:13, Roger Lea Scherer wrote:
> >
> >> I have installed python 3.7 on my computer Windows10
> >> (C:\Users\Roger\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37),
> >
> > Caveat: I'm no expert on modern Windoze.
> > But... That looks like the wrong path to me.
> >
> > My Windows install is usually either in
> >
> > C:\Python...
> > or
> > C:\Program files\Python...
> >
> > Depending on distro...
> >
>
> The C:\Users... path has been the standard for some time for a single
> user install.  C:\Python was binned some years back for security reasons
> whilst C:\Program Files\Python... was added for security reasons.
>
>
The c:\users... path is frustrating to find because the AppData folder by
default is hidden. I haven't bothered to make it visible, so I just create
a shortcut to the Pythonxx folder to access my code files.