> On 7 Feb 2022, at 15:55, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 2022-02-06, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >> On Sun, 6 Feb 2022 13:44:07 +0530, "createkmontalb...@gmail.com" >> <createkmontalb...@gmail.com> declaimed the following: >> >>> I cannot open python after downloading it keeps going to modify/uninstall >>> ?? please help >> >> Stop clicking on the INSTALLER. What you downloaded is just the program >> that installs and configures Python on your system. Stuff it away someplace >> safe should you need to modify the current installation, but otherwise just >> forget that it exists. > > This is _still_ a problem after all these years and countless > identical complaints? > > How difficult would it be to add a few lines of text to the installer > welcome screen explaining that you've just started the Python > INSTALLER, and if you've already done the installation and want to > "run Python" try <whatever>?
Better yet include the word setup in the installer .exe name. Just like almost every other installer does. Barry > > -- > Grant > > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
