How to install Python (any version) in Windows when you've no admin privileges?

Question

The "NO ADMIN PRIVILEGES" part is key. I need to install Python but I do not have access to it in order to run the installation in a proper way. I\'m also behind a

Answer 1

With Windows 2010 edition May 2019, you won't have to execute a msi setup or download an Anaconda edition or go to the python website.

• Windows has a python.exe and python3.exe already pre-installed
• those commands will get you directly to the Microsoft Store!

Example: Python 3.7, which installs python and puts python on the path for the current user. So, no need for admin privileges.

There is a discussion about this on the Talk Python To ME podcast #191 with Steve Dower from Dec. 2018.

See more at "Who put Python in the Windows 10 May 2019 Update?" from the same Steve Dower (also on Stack Overflow):

This version of Python is fully maintained by the community, installs easily on Windows 10, and automatically makes common commands such as python, pip and idle available (as well as equivalents with version numbers python3 and python3.7, for all the commands, just like on Linux).