On 8/31/22, George Rwaga <g.rw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am not sure why the default for installing Python is > C:\Users\xxxxx.xxxxx\AppData\local\programs\Python\Python310.
The "programs" folder in the above path is the default location to install programs just for user "xxxxx.xxxxx." More precisely, the default location is "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs". A user can easily change this path to a custom location in Explorer, so one shouldn't rely on the default value in general. Instead, use the shell protocol path, shell:userprogramfiles. You can use the latter directly in Explorer, such as the Win+R dialog. From the command line in CMD or PowerShell, use the `start` command. For example: >start shell:userprogramfiles Python's installer defaults to the user program files directory when installing just for the current user. When the setup is changed to install for all users, it automatically switches to using "%ProgramFiles%" or "%ProgramFiles(x86)%" (e.g. "C:\Program Files"). It will try to elevate to get administrator access when installing for all users. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list