Windows 10 has “python” command that redirects to the Windows Store

Re:Windows 10 has “python” command that redirects to the Win... by WorldMaker on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:58AM (#23069570)

Windows doesn't "hijack" the python executable either. This stub should be a low priority in your PATH and the official Python installers should take higher priority when they install. It's basic PATH management, with much the same environment variable management issues on Linux as it is on Windows.

It's unfortunate that so many machines that this poster is working with are getting malformed PATH variables with the priorities out of order, but it should be a simple fix to the PATH to correct.

It should also probably be noted that the Microsoft/Windows Store installed version of Python is the official Python.org release. (It's CIed, and CDed directly from Python.org just as with any other release binary.)

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Re:Windows 10 has “python” command that redirects to the Win... by gizmo686 on Monday May 04, 2020 @02:38PM (#23071651)

Even with correct PATH management, Windows still hijacks the command when python is not installed; that it the mechanism it uses to advise you to install it. Linux distributions use a different mechanism that maintain the expected behaviour of there not being any program/comnand called "python" when python is not installed.

Windows solution in this case is a lazy hack that makes the system more brittle.

As an aside, Linux distributions tend not to have this sort of PATH management issue because (for better or worse) they tend not to modify PATH when installing software.

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