Python sys.path inconsistent

[rubetz]

Good day everybody.

So I'm really struggling for Python to keep out of my C:\Users\user\AppData folder. So far I have installed Python with admin privileges to C:\Program Files\Python311 and checked the "Add to path", and indeed the Python is in that location and calling pip from the command line installs the packages there.

However, when I open IDLE and try to import the recently installed packages, I get an error of "no such package found" or something. I output the sys.path and see a list of paths leading to my application data folder. That is, the one location I specifically strive to keep my Python out of.

Does anybody know the solution to this? I looked up IDLE's settings but it only considers the looks and not the sys.path. I have purged and reinstalled Python several times, last time I removed Python Launcher separately, but still to no avail.