New submission from Steve Dower <steve.do...@python.org>:

The next update to Windows will prevent launching executables from within the 
package install folder, and require you to launch from the user's local symlink 
to the executable (see issue37369).

Currently, the only value we can put into the registry when installing via the 
Store package points directly to the package install. There is no way to point 
at the local symlink.

I'm working with the Windows team to find either a fix or a workaround, but 
right now anyone who updates to preview Windows (or gets the update when it 
releases at the end of the year) will not be able to launch Python through 
tools that look in the registry.

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assignee: steve.dower
components: Windows
messages: 348812
nosy: paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: Registry keys for Windows Store package have wrong executable
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.8, Python 3.9

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