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Python Setup Guide for Windows 10

This document provides instructions for setting up Python development on Windows 10. It details how to check if Python is installed correctly and what to do if it is not, including downloading the latest version and ensuring it is added to the system PATH. The document concludes with a verification step to confirm the installation was successful.

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Python Setup Guide for Windows 10

This document provides instructions for setting up Python development on Windows 10. It details how to check if Python is installed correctly and what to do if it is not, including downloading the latest version and ensuring it is added to the system PATH. The document concludes with a verification step to confirm the installation was successful.

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Making sure you are set up for

Python Development

Windows 10
You should already have Python installed, but it might not be fully installed in the way we need for this
class. Here’s how to check:

• Open the command line (Open the Windows menu and type cmd, press Enter).
• Type python
• Press Enter
• Use the message that you see to figure out what to do next:
◦ If you text that looks like this, with a version of Python that starts with Python 3 (yours
might be a higher version number, that’s fine) then you are all set:
Python 3.8.1 (v3.7.3:ef4ec6ed12, Mar 25 2019, 21:26:53)
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
information.
>>>
◦ If you text that looks like this, with a version of Python that starts with Python 2 then
type exit() and press Enter. Then try again with typing python3 in the command line:
Python 2.8.17 (v.2.8.17:ef4ec6ed12, Nov 7 2019, 21:26:53)
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
information.
>>>
◦ If you see a message that tells you “'python' is not recognized as an
internal or external command, operable program or batch
file.”:

▪ Close the command prompt window


1. Go to the Python download page ([Link] ) and download
the most recent file for Windows.
1. If you have a 64-bit version of Windows (you almost certainly do) and want the
64-bit Python, go here: [Link] and find
the most recent x86-64 executable installer
2. When the installer is downloaded, open it and click on the box that says “add
Python to PATH” (see screenshot below) (again, you will see a higher version
number).

3. Once that button is clicked, click on Install Now.


4. Wait for the program to finish installing

To make sure that the installation worked, a new command line window and type python. You should
see this text (or something very similar; the exact numbers might be slightly different:
Python 3.8.1 (v3.7.3:ef4ec6ed12, Mar 25 2019, 21:26:53) [MSC
v.1916 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
information.
>>>

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