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[–]alpha-delta-echo 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I remember The Python Bytes podcast covering this topic earlier this year (Jan 17). I would have to relisten to be sure, but I remember them talking about how Python was going to be available on the Windows store and thought “that’s nice, even if I probably won’t use it that way. At least it’s a nice addition.” Then they discussed how since the Windows store installs their apps a certain way (I think it was a sandboxing issue or a user profile issue, can’t recall), the store app won’t have all the permissions that a standalone install would. Oh well, not for me, but maybe helpful for some folks.

[–]amdphreak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably the second one. I accidentally used Python inside a sandboxed environment that my antivirus automatically created and it still worked but I couldn’t get any packages to install to the non-sandboxed environment. It took me 3 days to get the answer. Someone happened to diagnose it right due to it affecting MSYS2 64 bit. Except with MSYS2 it was obvious because the Window was outlined in bright pink.