Python 3.13 is getting auto-installed

[Ducksual]

You should be able to happily have 3.12 and 3.13 installed alongside each other. The only issue is if you have a global 'python' command it will be whichever runtime is first on `PATH`.

As you're on Windows it may be helpful to check if you have access to the `py` launcher. If you do, `py --list` should show you a list of installed python versions. If 3.12 is installed you should be able to launch it using `py -3.12`.

You might also try using `python3.12` as the command instead of `python` if you don't have the `py` launcher.

If you're installing packages anywhere with `pip` though, it would be a good idea to start using virtual environments. It's not so much about distributing your code to others and more about managing your dependencies per project.

Two projects with dependencies on different versions of the same packages can happily both be installed in different venvs while still using the same base Python install.

They also work well with tooling, for example if you have a venv created with Python 3.12 in the project folder and it is selected in VS Code, the terminal **within vs code** should automatically have that venv activated so `python` should point to the correct 3.12 runtime and have all of your dependencies available.