How to Install Python in Microsoft Windows 11

Introduction

So, this is an article where the main content is very specific. That very specific content is is showing how to install python in Microsoft Windows 11. It is obvious as as it exist in the title of this article. The installation process for python is very easy where it will use an executable installer. Furthermore, the execution for the installation is in a local device running Microsoft Windows 11 as its operating system.

How to Install Python in Microsoft Windows 11

Well, this part will show the python installation process step by step :

1. As a standard step to begin the installation process, just download the python installer file. In this case, it exist by typing ‘python installer’ in the Google search engine. Soon after the searching process is done, there are several list of sites appear as the result. Just choose the link page which is directing the the Python for Windows Release. For an example, in this search result, it is available in this link.

2. Next, accessing that link will display several information which is informing several list of links. Those links are for each python installer for Microsoft Windows with different versions. Just choose the suitable one by clicking the link. Soon after, the download process for downloading the python installer will suddenly begin.

3. If the download process is a success, there will be a python installer file available in the local device. Normally, in case of Microsoft Windows 11, it will be available in ‘C:\Users\UserName\Downloads’. Using the right user account with adequate privilege or an Administrator account with an administrator privilege, click that python file installer to begin the installation process. It will then display the following window :

   

4. Furthermore, just click the checkbox with the label of ‘Add Python 3.10 to Path’ in order to give the check mark. It will inform the python file installer that the executable python path folder will be added to the environment variable with the name of ‘Path’. The following is the image showing it :

   

   For further information on adding the path manually, just read the article in this link. Actually, it is an article with the title of ‘How to Add Executable Python Path in Microsoft Windows 11’. Just click on the ‘Install Now’ option as it exist in the image of the above installation window. The process for the installation will eventually start :

   

   If there are no error messages appear, the installation process will continue and presenting the following screen in the image :

   

   Finally, if the installation process is a success, the following window will appear :

   

How to Test the Python in Microsoft Windows 11

The last part, it will display on how to test the result of the python installation in the previous part. It is actually very simple as it exist in the following steps :

1. As usual, just execute the Command Prompt.

2. Following after, type the command below to test whether ‘python’ is available and it is exist in the environment variable of ‘Path’ :

   C:\Users\Personal>python
   Python 3.10.5 (tags/v3.10.5:f377153, Jun  6 2022, 16:14:13) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
   Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
   >>>
   

   In case the execution ends in a failure, just try to check the environment variable with the name of ‘Path’. Specifically, check whether the executable python path exist in it. For further reference as it has already mentioned before, just visit this link. That link will direct to the article mentioned before with the title of ‘How to Add Executable Python Path in Microsoft Windows 11’.

3. Last but not least, just perform another test to make sure. The following test is executing a certain command to check the version of the installed python as follows :

   C:\Users\Personal>python -V
   Python 3.10.5
   
   C:\Users\Personal>
   

   As it appear in the output of the above command execution, the version is matched. It is python with the version of ‘3.10.5’.