[New-bugs-announce] [issue25405] User install of 3.5 removes py.exe from C:\Windows

[Paul Moore]

New submission from Paul Moore:

I have had a user install of Python 3.5rc3 for some time on one of my PCs. It also had plenty of other versions on there - 3.4, 3.3, 2.7 and 2.6. The 3.5rc3 install was a user install.

I have my Python 3.4 install set up on PATH, and I've configured py.ini to run 3.4 by default. The py launcher was installed in C:\Windows and had version 3.5.123.1013. I can't honestly recall how it got there.

I just got round to upgrading to 3.5.0 final. I downloaded the installer and ran it, selecting the default "Upgrade my existing install" option. It ran fine, without elevation, but at the end it reported in the progress area "Previous Version" and requested elevation.

When it had finished, py.exe was gone, and I had no filetype associations for .py files.

This cannot be correct behaviour. Even for a user install I expect the launcher to work, and filetype associations to exist, by default.

Worse still, I then went into Add/Remove programs and selected "Modify" expecting to have to add these back. But the dialog showed them as already selected. When I ran the installer (which in theory should have done nothing, as I had made no changes) it requested elevation and ran, reinstating py.exe into C:\Windows (now at version 3.5.150.1013) and putting back the associations.

While I have a complex setup, and expect to do a certain amount of work to get the choices the way I want, the above is utterly confusing - there was no indication that the installer was going to do some of the things it did, and a "no modification" modify *certainly* shouldn't be making changes...

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assignee: steve.dower
components: Installation, Windows
messages: 252990
nosy: paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: User install of 3.5 removes py.exe from C:\Windows
versions: Python 3.5

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