[issue40542] path environment variable not created correctly

Zachary Ware added the comment: Just a note to add my full support for what Steve said. PATH is frequently abused on Windows, and we only have the option at all because people become unreasonably upset if it's not there. I wouldn't be against adding a "you don't actually want this, use py.

[issue40542] path environment variable not created correctly

Steve Dower added the comment: Yes, it is bad behaviour, but it is very upsetting for many people to not have the option. This is why it's disabled by default, and why I regularly discourage people from selecting the option (and quite often get abused for taking the trouble... oh well... tha

[issue40542] path environment variable not created correctly

Eryk Sun added the comment: Prepending directories ahead of system directories in PATH affects programs that implement their own search, which includes shells such as cmd.exe that do so in order to support PATHEXT efficiently. That said, note that temporarily prepending to PATH in a particul

[issue40542] path environment variable not created correctly

Change by Ned Deily : -- components: +Windows nosy: +paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Pytho

[issue40542] path environment variable not created correctly

New submission from Roman : The Python 3.8 for Windows installer has an option to add the install folder to the path environment variable. It adds the path to the front of the list so that it is the first item. According to my understanding, this is bad behavior. It should add new path items