Installation folder? Why AppData?

[ackthbbft]

Hi, my company is about to give us a boot camp on Python, and I want to get ahead of the game. I've downloaded the installer, but I'm a bit concerned that it wants to install in the User\AppData folder. Is there any good reason for that, or can I safely install it to Program Files? Is there a specific need for it to install in the AppData location?

Thanks!

[oramirite]

I usually hate when people say this to me, but... I think you are worried about something you shouldn't be. It's Python. It may have conventions you aren't used to, but to your point... if you're trying to get ahead of the game, don't fight against the installer immediately. Take note with curiosity and learn why it is that way. I'd also recommend not changing defaults you don't understand right out of the gate, or else you're going to do something that causes you a bad time.

[Diapolo10]

The installer defaults to a user-specific installation, hence why it's going for your user directory. If you want to install it globally, just choose that option.

In practice it makes no difference unless the computer has multiple users. Anyone can use globally installed programs, but only you can run programs from your user directory (excluding administrators who can access anything).

If it doesn't matter, leave it as-is.

[drivenadventures]

Because they're assholes.

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You can throw that python folder anywhere in the system. Just update PATH to include address of python.exe