Installing Python 3 on Windows

You can obtain Python 3 installers for Windows from the python.org website by performing the following steps:

  1. Go to http://www.python.org/downloads/windows. 
  2. Select the latest Python 3 release. At the time of writing, the latest version is 3.6.4, with 3.7 promising to be out by publishing time.

 

  1. Under the Files section, select the Windows executable installer appropriate to your system's architecture (x86 for 32-bit Windows, x86_64 for 64-bit Windows).
  2. Launch the downloaded installer.
  3. Click on Customize installation. Make sure the tcl/tk and IDLE option is checked (it should be by default).
  4. Continue through the installer with all defaults.

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