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Good morning!

I had been running 3.9.7 successfully, and was notified of the 3.10 update. I downloaded python-3.10.0-amd64 (Win 10 x64 Pro 21H1 19043.1237), and it installed successfully. Problem was, it did not replace 3.9.7, but installed besides it, giving me two active installs. I attempted to uninstall 3.9.7, which, also, at least in part, uninstalled 3.10 as well. Tried to re-install 3.10 got the error in the topic. Fully uninstalled 3.10, attempted to install again, same, got the error in the topic.

I'm sure there is something I'm missing, no doubt, but, can someone please point me in the right direction to get 3.10 properly installed!

Thanks!

R

Look at this Thread and Python 3.9/3.8 and pip installation under Windows

(Oct-13-2021, 10:22 AM)RussellZoloft Wrote: [ -> ]Problem was, it did not replace 3.9.7, but installed besides it, giving me two active installs.

It will not replace so it install to new folder.
All install is passive Windows see Python trough Environment Variables Path.
So if not Path update you can do it manually as in this image
Then python and pip from command line will point to 3.10.

py can be used to access all version for python.org.
As you see i have many still python 3.9 as main version and can access 3.10 with py

G:\div_code
λ py -0
Installed Pythons found by py Launcher for Windows
 -3.10-64 *
 -3.9-64
 -3.8-64
 -3.7-32
 -3.6-32
 -3.5-32
 -3.4-32
 -2.7-32

G:\div_code
λ python -V
Python 3.9.5

G:\div_code
λ pip -V
pip 21.2.4 from c:\python39\lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.9)

G:\div_code
λ py -3.10 -V
Python 3.10.0