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- When the Windows installer is first ran, two options are available: default installation or custom. Select default if the following apply:
- You are installing for just yourself, that is, other users do not require access to Python
- You only need to install the Python standard library, test suite, pip, and Windows launcher
- Python-related shortcuts are only visible to the current user
- Use a custom installation if you need more control, specifically over:
- The features to install
- The installation location
- Installing debugging symbols or binaries
- Installing for all system users
- Pre-compiling the standard library into bytecode
- Custom installation will require admin credentials. The GUI is the normal way to install Python, ...
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