Do not expect Start Menu tools. If you select the installation option to
add Python to your path, then the scripts directory is also added to the
path, which will make all the tools work -- from the command line. Having
said that, adding them to the start menu would be pointless, because they
are designed to run with arguments typed on the command line. Just running
them without arguments does not do anything but print usage information..
Perhaps some day someone will make a GUI tool interface, but that does not
exit yet, as far as I know.
For myself, on a new Windows system, I always right-click on "Windows
System-->Command Prompt" and pin it to the start menu. Then I right-click
on the resulting start menu panel and pin it to the task bar. That gives me
one-click to bring up a command windows so I can type the command I need.
Because I run multiple versions of Python, I rarely use tool commands
directly. I use the Python Launcher for Windows so that I can select which
Python version is used. So, rather than "pip install xxx" I tend to use
something like "py -3.6 -m pip install xxx". That command works even where
Python is not added to the path.
On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 5:09 AM Boylan, Ross wrote:
> After downloading and installing pywin32-227.win-amd64-py3.8.exe I can
> access the libraries, but there don't seem to be any links from the start
> menu to any of the tools or documentation. The installation log just shows
> a lot of files being copied to C:\Program Files\Python38\Lib\site-packages,
> including at least some of the tools (e.g., regedit.py).
>
> Reinstallation made no difference.
>
> Are my expectations incorrect? What can I do?
>
> Environment: VM running Win 10 Enterprise, just upgraded to 1809. Then I
> installed python-3.8.2-amd64.exe, and then pywin32. Windows, Python,
> Office 2016 all 64 bit. I elected customized installations of python and
> pywin32 and elevated privileges to install for all users.
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