Issues with Python Windows Installer

[jstevens (John Stevens)]

The current Python installer for windows has some issues when run in CMD/PowerShell Terminal.

1. Installs correctly with /quiet InstallAllUsers=1 PrependPath=1 Include_test=0
2. When the /uninstall switch is used with the /quiet switch, Python Launcher is not removed.
3. When the /uninstall /quiet switches are used, Python Launcher is removed, but Python is not.
4. When the /uninstall /quiet switches are used with options Include_launcher=1 InstallLauncherAllUsers=1 Python is uninstalled but Python Launcher remains installed.

Can you please provide advice or investigate these issues? If not, who can be contacted regarding them?

[bwoodsend (Brénainn Woodsend)]

@jstevens

• When the /uninstall switch is used with the /quiet switch, Python Launcher is not removed.
• When the /uninstall /quiet switches are used, Python Launcher is removed, but Python is not.

Is there a missing not here? This reads to be that /uninstall /quiet gives two different outcomes.

I think it’s intentional that the launcher stays after an uninstall because it’s shared between Python installations. If you had two versions of Python and uninstalled one, you wouldn’t want it to remove the launcher from the other.