[New-bugs-announce] [issue40542] path environment variable not created correctly

[Roman]

New submission from Roman <niborjus at gmail.com>:

The Python 3.8 for Windows installer has an option to add the install folder to the path environment variable. It adds the path to the front of the list so that it is the first item. According to my understanding, this is bad behavior. It should add new path items to the end of the list because Windows searches in order. c:\windows\system32 should remain the first item in the list. This is a classic mistake of installers.

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components: Installation
messages: 368312
nosy: Roman
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: path environment variable not created correctly
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.8

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