[New-bugs-announce] [issue41847] Update "install launcher for all users" installer option

[Steve Dower]

New submission from Steve Dower <steve.dower at python.org>:

The "Install launcher for all users" option on the front page of the installer should be updated to read "Install py.exe launcher for all users" to reduce confusion.

However, we should also consider disabling this by default, so that the normal settings do not require admin privileges to install.

The reason we started with it enabled by default is because we had to stomp on the 3.4 and earlier py.exe, since there was no other way to make sure it wasn't an issue. That problem still remains, which likely means that if we detect an all-users launcher from a previous version we need to keep the option enabled, but at least for clean installs of 3.10 we can avoid the need for admin completely.

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components: Windows
messages: 377430
nosy: paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: Update "install launcher for all users" installer option
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.10

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