Re: [Python-Dev] Add python.exe to PATH environment variable

Terry Reedy <tjreedy <at> udel.edu> writes:

An alternative to manipulating PATH would be to make and add to the Start Menu a Command Prompt shortcut, call it Command Window or something, that starts in the Python directory.

The reason for adding the directory to the PATH is for it to be recognized in any command prompt, not only the Python-dedicated command prompt shortcut. Otherwise, the minute another project decides to do the same thing (provide a custom command prompt shortcut rather than add its own directory to the PATH), the user experience becomes very tedious.