On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 at 04:30, Cecil Westerhof via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > > 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. > :'-( >
First image in this collection: https://thedailywtf.com/articles/How-Do-I-Use-This For those who can't click on links, it's a screenshot of a confirmation dialogue. The user asked to cancel all the current transfers, and the system wanted to check that the user really wanted to do that; if you do indeed want to cancel those transfers, click "Cancel", but if you actually don't want to, click "Cancel" instead. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
