#🔒 python3 vs python alias

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karmic nymph
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setting up python environment on new vscode installation with python extension installed + newest version of python downloaded and setup, with PATH enabled upon install, but only python is recognized and not python3, is this a new change or did i do something wrong?

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earnest imp
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you could probably do that custom, but why?

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the best way on windows is actually to use py

karmic nymph
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i thought python3 was a default command maybe im schizophrenic

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what OS is it for then

earnest imp
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python3 was/is to avoid name conflict with the system python on Unix oses

karmic nymph
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ok that's where i remember it from

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my bad

earnest imp
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do you often use multiple versions of python btw?

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or just one installed

karmic nymph
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just one for now

earnest imp
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if you ever intend on having multiple installed, I can help you set yourself up for success

languid forge
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so py project.py uses the lastest version of python you have installed

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py -3 project.py ensures you use python 3

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py -3.12 project.py would ensure python 3.12

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etc.

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similarly, py -3.13 -m pip install library

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adding python to PATH is usually not a good idea unless you have a good reason not to use virtual environments

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(that's why the option is unchecked by default)

karmic nymph
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i see, thanks all!

earnest imp
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if you do remove python from the path and use py, then also remove the App Execution Aliases for python and python3

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otherwise it will prompt you to open the windows store when you run them

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