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Title: 2.7.11rc1 not added to Win10 app list (start menu)
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Installation, Windows Versions: Python 2.7
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: benjamin.peterson, paul.moore, steve.dower, terry.reedy, tim.golden, zach.ware
Priority: release blocker Keywords:

Created on 2015-12-04 20:46 by terry.reedy, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (7)
msg255881 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-12-04 20:46
I just installed 2.7.11rc1 on Win 10 and noticed that 'Python 2.7' is missing both from Start - All apps and from search bar results for 'python' (only 3.4 and 3.5 appear in local search results).  To be sure, I uninstalled, installed fresh, and even restarted. Same result.  2.7.11 is present on disk and py.exe finds and starts it, but it is not fully installed as an app, and the associated icons are not available.

I was able to work around this and make an 'IDLE icon' from a pythonw.exe shortcut, but if this problem is general to at least Win 10, there will be a lot of confused users.
msg255883 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-12-04 20:48
I believe I have auto-updates turned on, so this could be new after recent Win 10 patches.
msg255886 - (view) Author: Steve Dower (steve.dower) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-12-04 21:17
It's worked fine on my Win10 machine (with all updates - they can't be turned off easily on Win10...).

If you browse through the All Apps menu (https://www.bing.com/search?q=windows+10+all+apps+menu) do you see Python 2.7 there?
msg255893 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-12-04 23:04
By 'Start - All apps' I meant the list in the bottom left, as illustrated in some of the links of the search page you posted.  I am sure 2.7.10 was there at some point, though not necessarily earlier today.
msg255894 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-12-04 23:07
2.7.10 and 3.4.3 were on the Start menu before conversion to Win 10, so this is the first time I have added anything before 3.5.
msg258405 - (view) Author: Steve Dower (steve.dower) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-01-16 20:05
Terry, have you had a chance to try this with 2.7.11 final? (We didn't change anything, so I have no reason to expect anything difference.)

Without broader confirmation that this is an issue, I don't see how we can keep it as a release blocker. I also have no idea how to investigate or resolve it without a machine that regularly repros.
msg258433 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-01-16 22:37
'Python 2.7.11' appeared in the 'All apps' list.  The .exe also appears in the local search, as just 'Python'.  So this was fixed by either you in one of the patches between rc1 and final, Microsoft in a Win 10 update, or randon happenstance.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:24adminsetgithub: 69985
2016-01-16 22:37:06terry.reedysetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
messages: + msg258433

stage: needs patch -> resolved
2016-01-16 20:05:22steve.dowersetmessages: + msg258405
2015-12-04 23:07:02terry.reedysetmessages: + msg255894
2015-12-04 23:04:01terry.reedysetmessages: + msg255893
2015-12-04 21:17:55steve.dowersetmessages: + msg255886
2015-12-04 20:48:09terry.reedysetmessages: + msg255883
2015-12-04 20:46:46terry.reedycreate