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My Windows 10 computer just installed updates and now when I go to the command prompt and type "python" the Windows store opens with a download option.

My path already includes two versions of Python for some reason:

C:\Users\Josh\AppData\roaming\Python\Python37\ C:\Users\Josh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37

Any suggestions? I can type in a python script (think.py) and it runs as expected, but python think.py does nothing.

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  • try py maybe? Commented Sep 14, 2019 at 22:38
  • That works, but why the change? Commented Sep 14, 2019 at 22:43
  • did you have python 2 installed before? Commented Sep 14, 2019 at 22:47
  • I think it was installed on this computer by default. I do have Python 3.6 on here but I've excised it from the windows path. Commented Sep 14, 2019 at 22:53

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python should work in cmd if Python is correctly installed and added to Windows path. py also exists and allows for a specification of a version i.e. py -2 or py -3. In your case it appears that python is installed in appdata and not program files, and this is most likely the issue with the python command not working! Here is a pretty comprehensive article on the differences between the two!

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Very strange. This is my personal laptop. I don't know why Python installed under appdata twice. Should I reinstall while running the installer as an admin to get Python under Program Files?
Yeah I would rerun the installer and not let it use the default directory. Don't forget to tick the box that adds python to the system path!

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