Thanks for the two further clarifications, which I've just read.
Eryk's advice for uninstalling the app distribution got rid of those
unwanted WindowsApps subdirectories painlessly.
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Many thanks for both replies. Everything seems fine now.
Reinstalling the packages using "py" made them available in v3.9.6. So
I could delete them from
C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundationPython.3.8.qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python38\site-packages
In fac
On 8/13/21, Ciarán Ó Duibhín via Python-list wrote:
>
> But when I type "python" at the DOS prompt, I get "Python 3.8.10". I
> don't understand this, as I uninstalled old versions, and I do not see a
> DOS environment variable called "python" anywhere.
The app distribution is probably installed.
On 8/13/2021 2:32 PM, Ciarán Ó Duibhín via Python-list wrote:
Hi,
On Windows 10, I uninstalled all previous versions of Python and
installed v3.9.6.
When I use the start menu option Python 3.9 (64-bit), I get the prompt
"Python 3.9.6" as expected. The same happens when I type "py" at the
D
On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 18:32:51 +, Ciarán Ó Duibhín via Python-list
declaimed the following:
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>Also there is a load of python 3.8 stuff at C:\Program
>Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.8_3.8.2800.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0
>
>which directory is virtually inaccessible from Windows
Hi,
On Windows 10, I uninstalled all previous versions of Python and
installed v3.9.6.
When I use the start menu option Python 3.9 (64-bit), I get the prompt
"Python 3.9.6" as expected. The same happens when I type "py" at the
DOS prompt.
But when I type "python" at the DOS prompt, I get
