Am 13.04.2022 um 20:39 schrieb Dennis Lee Bieber: > On Thu, 14 Apr 2022 03:38:11 +1000, Tim Deke <tim.d...@gmail.com> declaimed > the following: > >> Dear Sir, >> >> I have successfully downloaded Python into my laptop but the shortcut icon >> is not appearing on the desktop. I am using Windows 10 with the PC >> specifications as per snap shot attached below. Can you advise what to do? >> >> Thank you >> >> Tim Deke >>
> Python normally does not create "shortcut icon"s -- one downloads an The Python Windows installer *absolutely* should. I do not know much about (modern) Windows, but one thing I do know is, that most Windows users are confused when after an installation there is no easy way to call the program. I do not understand, why the Windows installer *still* does not create a "Python 3.10" _*or similar*_ folder on the desktop with links to IDLE (with an icon text describing it properly as a Python Editor/IDE), the CHM and some introduction text in it. > installer (which on my system would be saved in %userprofile%\downloads), > and executes the installer (once). Python is not an all-in-one GUI > development environment (ie; it is not something like Lazarus/FreePascal, > Visual Studio, etc.). It is an interpreter for script files and depending > upon how the installer sets up the environment, one may never need to > directly invoke the Python interpreter -- one just invokes .py script files > and the OS activates the correct interpreter. With all due respect, but do you really think that it is useful for a Python beginner to know how to run the bare interpreter? ;-) Wouldn't it be much better to educate them about IDLE which can be found in the "Startmenu"? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
