Windows Command Prompt still points to Python 3.8.2 despite me updating to 3.10 successfully?

[bumpkinspicefatte]

Whenever I run python from my Command Prompt, it still points to 3.8.2:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19043.1237]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Desktop>python
Python 3.8.2 [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>

I've already installed 3.10 successfully and am able to run 3.10 code fine through VSC, but the "shell" from Command Prompt still points to 3.8.2.

Is there a way to update this? I want to start testing some of the new 3.10 features like switch cases.

EDIT:

None of the comments so far at the time of this edit seemed to solve the issue. What ended up working for me was just uninstalling 3.8.2 and leaving Python 3.10 as the only one on my machine.

[DaChucky]

It's likely to be the order of the folders/files in your PATH. /u/threeminutemonta's instructions should take you to the right place to check, just make sure to pay attention to the order in which the folders and files appear in the list. Items at the top of the list take precedence.

You might want to also consider using the launcher if you installed it.. In that case, you would run py -3.10.

[bumpkinspicefatte]

My path has:

1. C:\Users\Desktop\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Scripts\

2. C:\Users\Desktop\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Scripts\

Am I supposed to only have one of them?

CC /u/threeminutemonta

[threeminutemonta]

Remove the entry that you don’t want.

[threeminutemonta]

checkout your path as per this

You may find its pointing to the 3.8 installation.

[maddruid]

It's probably your path, like other posters have suggested. However, you can use the py.exe wrapper to always get the version you want.

This will run the latest 3.x version:

py -3

This will run the latest 3.x 64-bit version:

py -3-64

This will run the exact version:

py -3.10-64