Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Christopher Reimer Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Python Not Working as expected on Win 8 and above. Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 09:30:55 -0800 Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <56be3d9f.c711c30a.e9bd9.fffff70f@mx.google.com> <56BF3108.5050903@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 8LUz8aKc9cj9tGY3EMGRYw7CxYoFpdulmhNaUyrX/4kw== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.002 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'root': 0.04; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'executable': 0.07; 'versions.': 0.07; 'behave': 0.09; 'expected.': 0.09; 'section,': 0.09; 'uninstalled': 0.09; 'python': 0.10; 'python.': 0.11; 'expected,': 0.16; 'experiments': 0.16; 'installer.': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'subject:Not': 0.16; 'x86-64': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'thoughts': 0.18; 'windows': 0.20; 'install,': 0.22; 'am,': 0.23; 'thanks,': 0.24; 'downloaded': 0.24; 'wondering': 0.25; 'install': 0.25; "i've": 0.25; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'installed': 0.26; 'chris': 0.26; 'received:17': 0.27; 'went': 0.28; 'skip:( 20': 0.28; '(maybe': 0.29; 'folder': 0.30; 'received:10.0.0': 0.32; 'problem': 0.33; 'worked': 0.34; 'previous': 0.34; 'received:10.0': 0.34; 'add': 0.34; 'besides': 0.35; 'files,': 0.35; 'fresh': 0.35; 'installing': 0.35; 'expected': 0.35; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'received:10': 0.37; 'release': 0.37; 'version': 0.38; 'skip:p 20': 0.38; 'files': 0.38; "didn't": 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'some': 0.40; 'header:MIME-version:1': 0.60; 'default': 0.61; 'fact,': 0.67; 'clicking': 0.75; 'intelligent': 0.76; 'attention': 0.76; '"download': 0.84; '8.1': 0.84; 'header:In-reply-to:1': 0.84 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2016-02-13_08:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 suspectscore=1 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1510270003 definitions=main-1602130310 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.5.1 In-reply-to: <56BF3108.5050903@gmail.com> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21rc2 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:102887 On 2/13/2016 5:35 AM, MWS wrote: > Just to add to the above discussion, i find that when my workplace > updated from win 7 to win 8.1 with fresh install, i downloaded the > official python 3.5 and installed it. Everything went well during > installation, but, i couldn't find the default install python directory > (maybe i didn't pay attention earlier), later, after some scratching my > head and other intelligent thoughts and experiments i found it got > installed in the users hidden appdata folder by default(confusing as i > expected it to either get installed in a root folder or program files > and also wondering why). Based on my experience with installing Python 3.5.0, I ran into the same problem by clicking on the "Download Python 3.5.0" link on the Python download page and used the python-3.5.0.exe installer. Since nothing worked as I expected, I uninstalled that installer version of Python. Digging through the specific release section, I downloaded the Windows x86-64 executable installer (python-3.5.0-amd64.exe). That installer behaved exactly as I expected. In fact, this is the installer I've always used for previous versions. Besides the focus of the content files, the python-3.5.0.exe and python-3.5.0-amd64.exe installers don't behave exactly the same. Thanks, Chris R.