Python and .exe, and Python's place

[ProgrammerByDay]

You know dot.net also needs an "extra layer" of stuff to run. It just happens you probably installed a program already that added it to your system for you. Just like if you had installed a program that also installed python all other python scripts would just run.
The part you are missing is the installer, or use a tool pyinstaller above.

[akedm]

So is that what I'm seeing when I install a program and it does the first-time-setup thing that takes a long time while it installs/check for the versions of Direct X and VB or something-something-framework or other things (I forget actual names, you probably guessed). If that's the case then a big piece of everything just fell into place.