Persistent Error: Python was not found

Barry barry at barrys-emacs.org
Mon Aug 15 02:51:53 EDT 2022



> On 15 Aug 2022, at 04:10, Jonathan Owah <owahjonathan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Good day,
> Great job on making Python easily accessible.

Try using the python launcher py.exe.
It is documented here https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html#python-launcher-for-windows
That page documents lots of other things that you may need to know about on windows.

Barry

> 
> I'm using a  Windows 10, 64gb HP EliteBook.
> 
> I've been trying to configure my laptop to run python scripts.
> This is the error I keep getting:
> Python was not found; run without arguments to install from the Microsoft
> Store, or disable this shortcut from Settings > Manage App Execution
> Aliases.
> 
> Everything I've tried has failed.
> I've uninstalled and reinstalled
> I've added to path, both user and system path,manually and from fresh
> installation
> I've downloaded from Microsoft Store
> I've gone to manage app aliases and switched off
> I've used Git Bash, Powershell, cmd
> 
> I'm able to check my python version: 3.10.6.
> 
> I can't do anything else and it's really frustrating.
> 
> I've been at it for days, I don't know what else to do.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> 
> Regards
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