Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 at 02:53, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 2022-02-06, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> > On Sun, 6 Feb 2022 13:44:07 +0530, "createkmontalb...@gmail.com"
>> ><createkmontalb...@gmail.com> declaimed the following:
>> >
>> >> I cannot open python after downloading it keeps going to
>> >> modify/uninstall
>> >> ?? please help
>> >
>> > Stop clicking on the INSTALLER. What you downloaded is just the program
>> > that installs and configures Python on your system. Stuff it away someplace
>> > safe should you need to modify the current installation, but otherwise just
>> > forget that it exists.
>>
>> This is _still_ a problem after all these years and countless
>> identical complaints?
>>
>> How difficult would it be to add a few lines of text to the installer
>> welcome screen explaining that you've just started the Python
>> INSTALLER, and if you've already done the installation and want to
>> "run Python" try <whatever>?
>>
>
> How difficult would it be to get people to read those lines, though?
That does remind me about a system administrator who wanted to make a
point. He changed something on the server so all the Windows computers
started up and gave a message:
If you want to continue: click Cancel
The help-desk became flooded with calls. I think he did a great job of
showing a vulnerability. But it was not appreciated and he was fired.
:'-(
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