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installation on W10 - ruggb - Aug-13-2018
BUG??
I tried to install Py 3.7.0 (64bit) to C:\Program Files\Programming\Python3 on W10 and got the following error TARGETDIR variable must be provided.... and 0X80070643 Fatal error...
I tried it again, same thing.
The third time I checked all options and it installed.
What I found out was that Install for all users must be checked if I change the install path.
Other s/w that I have installed does not have a problem with installing to custom path if I select Install for me only.
This was just an inconvenience for me but maybe others can't figure it out.
If it must be that way, you may want to automatically set the for all users check box if a custom path is selected.
I am not a programmer, so I do not know why it defaults to installing in the AppData\Local folder. Windows convention is to install in C:\Program Files\... for 64 bit programs or 32 bit on 32 bit systems.
RE: installation on W10 - Larz60+ - Aug-13-2018
You should direct these comments to the authors of python at python.org
We don't write the core system, only help with using it.
RE: installation on W10 - snippsat - Aug-13-2018
(Aug-13-2018, 02:23 PM)ruggb Wrote: so I do not know why it defaults to installing in the AppData\Local folder. Windows convention is to install in C:\Program Files\Take a look at Python 3.6/3.7 and pip installation under Windows