I want to find out my Python installation path on Windows. For example:
C:Python25
How can I find where Python is installed?
Stevoisiak
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asked Mar 15, 2009 at 9:09
Fang-Pen LinFang-Pen Lin
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In your Python interpreter, type the following commands:
>>> import os
>>> import sys
>>> os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
'C:\Python25'
Also, you can club all these and use a single line command. Open cmd and enter following command
python -c "import os, sys; print(os.path.dirname(sys.executable))"
answered Mar 15, 2009 at 13:17
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If you have Python in your environment variable then you can use the following command in cmd or powershell:
where python
or for Unix enviroment
which python
command line image :
answered Apr 17, 2017 at 16:04
Aekansh KansalAekansh Kansal
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It would be either of
- C:Python36
- C:Users(Your logged in User)AppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython36
answered Aug 18, 2017 at 9:52
Amol ManthalkarAmol Manthalkar
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If you need to know the installed path under Windows without starting the python interpreter, have a look in the Windows registry.
Each installed Python version will have a registry key in either:
HKLMSOFTWAREPythonPythonCoreversionnumberInstallPath
HKCUSOFTWAREPythonPythonCoreversionnumberInstallPath
In 64-bit Windows, it will be under the Wow6432Node
key:
HKLMSOFTWAREWow6432NodePythonPythonCoreversionnumberInstallPath
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answered Mar 15, 2009 at 21:08
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Simple way is
- open CMD
- type
where python
in cmd
answered Jan 30, 2020 at 14:13
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If you have the py
command installed, which you likely do, then just use the --list-paths
/-0p
argument to the command:
py --list-paths
Example output:
Installed Pythons found by py Launcher for Windows
-3.8-32 C:UserscscottAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython38-32python.exe *
-2.7-64 C:Python27python.exe
The * indicates the currently active version for scripts executed using the py
command.
answered Dec 9, 2019 at 20:48
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On my windows installation, I get these results:
>>> import sys
>>> sys.executable
'C:\Python26\python.exe'
>>> sys.platform
'win32'
>>>
(You can also look in sys.path
for reasonable locations.)
answered Mar 15, 2009 at 10:18
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Its generally
‘C:Usersuser-nameAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython-version’
or
try using (in cmd )
where python
answered Apr 12, 2020 at 18:45
In the sys
package, you can find a lot of useful information about your installation:
import sys
print sys.executable
print sys.exec_prefix
I’m not sure what this will give on your Windows system, but on my Mac executable
points to the Python binary and exec_prefix
to the installation root.
You could also try this for inspecting your sys
module:
import sys
for k,v in sys.__dict__.items():
if not callable(v):
print "%20s: %s" % (k,repr(v))
answered Mar 15, 2009 at 9:41
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If You want the Path After successful installation then first open you CMD and type
python or python -i
It Will Open interactive shell for You and Then type
import sys
sys.executable
Hit enter and you will get path where your python is installed …
answered Oct 18, 2018 at 7:30
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To know where Python is installed you can execute where python
in your cmd.exe.
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answered Jul 27, 2018 at 6:21
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You can search for the “environmental variable for you account”. If you have added the Python in the path, it’ll show as “path” in your environmental variable account.
but almost always you will find it in
“C:Users%User_name%AppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython_version”
the ‘AppData‘ folder may be hidden, make it visible from the view section of toolbar.
answered Sep 14, 2018 at 9:19
Amit GuptaAmit Gupta
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Make use of the Python Launcher for Windows (available as of 3.3). It is compatible with all available versions of python.
First, check if the launcher is available:
py
starts the latest installed version of Python
To see all Python versions available on your system and their path:
py -0p
or
py --list-paths
For a specific Python version path—especially useful with multiple python installations:
py -3.7 -c "import os, sys; print(os.path.dirname(sys.executable))"
python 2
py -2 -c "import os, sys; print(os.path.dirname(sys.executable))"
py
installed location is C:Windowspy.exe
if installed for all users, otherwise can be found at C:UsersusernameAppDataLocalProgramsPythonLauncher
.
It does not require the environment PATH
variable to be set if installed for all users.
answered Apr 25, 2022 at 2:23
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You can find it in the Windows GUI, but you need to select “show hidden” in the menu. Directory where python is installed on my Win10 computer:
C:UsersusernameAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython310
Very handy if you use python pip to install packages.
Suraj Rao
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answered Dec 31, 2021 at 14:35
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If anyone needs to do this in C# I’m using the following code:
static string GetPythonExecutablePath(int major = 3)
{
var software = "SOFTWARE";
var key = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(software);
if (key == null)
key = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(software);
if (key == null)
return null;
var pythonCoreKey = key.OpenSubKey(@"PythonPythonCore");
if (pythonCoreKey == null)
pythonCoreKey = key.OpenSubKey(@"Wow6432NodePythonPythonCore");
if (pythonCoreKey == null)
return null;
var pythonVersionRegex = new Regex("^" + major + @".(d+)-(d+)$");
var targetVersion = pythonCoreKey.GetSubKeyNames().
Select(n => pythonVersionRegex.Match(n)).
Where(m => m.Success).
OrderByDescending(m => int.Parse(m.Groups[1].Value)).
ThenByDescending(m => int.Parse(m.Groups[2].Value)).
Select(m => m.Groups[0].Value).First();
var installPathKey = pythonCoreKey.OpenSubKey(targetVersion + @"InstallPath");
if (installPathKey == null)
return null;
return (string)installPathKey.GetValue("ExecutablePath");
}
answered Apr 5, 2017 at 11:10
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This worked for me: C:UsersYour_user_nameAppDataLocalProgramsPython
My currently installed python version
is 3.7.0
Hope this helps!
David
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answered Jul 16, 2018 at 6:55
Go to C:UsersUSERAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython36
if it is not there then
open console by windows+^R
Then type cmd and hit enter
type python if installed in your local file it will show you its version from there type the following
import os
import sys
os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
answered Mar 1, 2019 at 11:34
You could have many versions of Python installed on your machine. So if you’re in Windows at a command prompt, entering something like this…
py --version
…should tell you what version you’re using at the moment. (Maybe replace py
with python
or python3
if py doesn’t work). Anyway you’d see something like
Python 3.10.2
If you then create a virtual environment using something like this…
py -m venv venv
…that environment will also use that Python version. To verify, activate the environment…
venvscriptsactivate.bat
You’ll see the name of the command prompt. Now if execute:
where python
…it will show you which Python executable that virtual environment uses. It will be a copy of Python.exe what’s actually in the Scripts subfolder of the virtual environment folder. Of course to see which version that is, again use py --version
.
answered Jan 26, 2022 at 15:55
if you still stuck or you get this
C:\Users\name of your\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36
simply do this replace 2 with one
C:UsersakshayAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython36
Kos
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answered Jun 2, 2018 at 16:48
I installed 2 and 3 and had the same problem finding 3. Fortunately, typing path at the windows path let me find where I had installed it. The path was an option when I installed Python which I just forgot. If you didn’t select setting the path when you installed Python 3 that probably won’t work – unless you manually updated the path when you installed it.
In my case it was at c:Program FilesPython37python.exe
answered Feb 3, 2019 at 16:39
If you use anaconda navigator
on windows, you can go too enviornments
and scroll over the enviornments, the root
enviorment will indicate where it is installed. It can help if you want to use this enviorment when you need to connect this to other applications, where you want to integrate some python code.
answered Jun 6, 2019 at 10:01
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Option 1 : Check System Environment Variables > Path
Option 2 : C:UsersAsusAppDataLocalProgramsPython (By default Path)
answered Oct 1, 2022 at 10:09
On my Windows 11, I have two Python installed: 3.11.2 and 3.8. The below commends give only one of them.
Which python
which py
To find out the location of both the below Powershell commands come in handy:
$User = New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($env:UserName)
$sid = $User.Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]).value
New-PSDrive HKU Registry HKEY_USERS
Get-ChildItem "HKU:${sid}SoftwarePythonPythonCore*InstallPath"
answered Mar 27 at 23:26
Иногда нам нужно проверить пакеты или модули по пути, где установлен Python. В этой статье мы покажем три способа, как найти путь, по которому установлен Python в Windows:
- с помощью командной строки
- через меню “Пуск
- используя параметры переменной среды
Итак, давайте начнем!
Примечание редакции: о собственно установке Python читайте в статье “Как установить Python на Windows 10 или 11”.
Чтобы узнать, где установлен Python, используя командную строку Windows, следуйте приведенным ниже примерам.
Пример 1: команда where
Для начала попробуйте использовать команду where
, чтобы вывести путь к директории установленного Python:
>where python
Как видите, в результате нужный путь был найден и отображен в командной строке:
Пример 2: команда py
Команда py
с опцией --list-paths
также может быть использована для перечисления путей к Python:
Как найти место установки Python в Windows с помощью меню “Пуск”
Чтобы найти, где установлен Python, используя меню “Пуск”, выполните следующую процедуру.
Сначала найдите файл “Python.exe” в меню “Пуск”. Затем выберите опцию “Открыть расположение файла”, чтобы открыть соответствующую папку:
В результате вы будете перемещены в каталог, где установлен Python:
Как найти место установки Python в Windows с помощью переменной окружения
Чтобы узнать, где установлен Python, используя переменную окружения PATH
, выполните следующие действия.
Шаг 1. Откройте расширенные системные настройки
Нажмите Window+I, чтобы открыть Настройки системы. Затем выберите “Система” из списка доступных категорий:
Найдите в строке поиска “Дополнительные параметры системы” и откройте их:
Шаг 2. Откройте переменные среды
В Дополнительных параметрах системы нажмите на кнопку “Переменные среды”:
Шаг 3. Откройте переменную среды Path
На вкладке “Системные переменные” выберите “Path” и нажмите кнопку “Изменить” для просмотра сведений о пути:
Из переменной среды Path
можно найти место, где установлен Python, как показано ниже:
Заключение
Узнать, где в Windows установлен Python, можно разными способами, например, с помощью командной строки, меню “Пуск” и системных переменных среды.
Для первого способа откройте командную строку и воспользуйтесь командой where python
. Во втором случае найдите “python.exe” в меню “Пуск” и откройте местоположение файла. При третьем подходе вы можете узнать расположение Python через переменную среды “Path”.
Перевод статьи Rafia Zafar «How Can I Find Where Python is Installed on Windows».
Python is on my machine, I just don’t know where, if I type python in terminal it will open Python 2.6.4, this isn’t in it’s default directory, there surely is a way of finding it’s install location from here?
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asked Jul 20, 2011 at 19:19
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sys
has some useful stuff:
$ python
Python 2.6.6 (r266:84297, Aug 24 2010, 18:13:38) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sys
>>> sys.executable
'c:\Python26\python.exe'
>>> sys.exec_prefix
'c:\Python26'
>>>
>>> print 'n'.join(sys.path)
c:Python26libsite-packagessetuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg
c:Python26libsite-packagesnose-1.0.0-py2.6.egg
C:Windowssystem32python26.zip
c:Python26DLLs
c:Python26lib
c:Python26libplat-win
c:Python26liblib-tk
c:Python26
c:Python26libsite-packages
c:Python26libsite-packageswin32
c:Python26libsite-packageswin32lib
c:Python26libsite-packagesPythonwin
c:Python26libsite-packageswx-2.8-msw-unicode
answered Jul 20, 2011 at 19:24
Ned BatchelderNed Batchelder
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In unix (mac os X included) terminal you can do
which python
and it will tell you.
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answered Jul 20, 2011 at 19:21
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Platform independent solution in one line is
Python 2:
python -c "import sys; print sys.executable"
Python 3:
python -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)"
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answered Jul 20, 2011 at 20:01
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For Windows CMD run: where python
For Windows PowerShell run: Get-Command python
answered May 17, 2017 at 9:34
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Have a look at sys.path
:
>>> import sys
>>> print(sys.path)
answered Jul 20, 2011 at 19:25
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On UNIX-like systems, you should be able to type which python
, which will print out the path to python
. The equivalent in Windows Command Prompt is where python
, and Get-Command python
in Windows Powershell.
Another (cross-platform) method is to type this into IDLE or REPL (type python
into your terminal):
import re
re.__file__
Or in one line from your terminal:
python -c "import re; print(re.__file__)"
This will print the path to the re
module, consequently showing you where the python
command points to. You can put any other module that you know is installed, and the path will point to that module, also giving you the path to python
.
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answered Jul 20, 2011 at 19:23
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To find all the installations of Python on Windows run this at the command prompt:
dir site.py /s
Make sure you are in the root drive. You will see something like this.
answered Dec 2, 2015 at 15:35
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If you are using wiindows OS (I am using windows 10 ) just type
where python
in command prompt ( cmd )
It will show you the directory where you have installed .
answered Apr 25, 2020 at 8:23
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For Windows Users:
If the python
command is not in your $PATH
environment var.
Open PowerShell and run these commands to find the folder
cd
ls *ython* -Recurse -Directory
That should tell you where python is installed
answered Oct 24, 2017 at 20:06
Kellen StuartKellen Stuart
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- First search for PYTHON IDLE from search bar
-
Open the IDLE and use below commands.
import sys
print(sys.path) -
It will give you the path where the python.exe is installed. For eg:
C:Users\…python.exe -
Add the same path to system environment variable.
answered Mar 18, 2020 at 7:24
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On windows search python,then right click and click on “Open file location”.That’s how I did
answered Aug 13, 2019 at 5:14
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Run below command
where python
answered Oct 11, 2022 at 12:01
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In this short guide, you’ll see two methods to find where Python is installed on Windows:
- Using the sys library
- Manually
Use the Sys Library to Find Where Python is Installed on Windows
You can use the sys library in order to find where Python is installed:
import sys locate_python = sys.exec_prefix print(locate_python)
Here is an example of a path structure that you may get:
C:UsersRonAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython39
Manually Locate Where Python is Installed
Alternatively, you can manually locate where Python is installed by following these steps:
- Type ‘Python’ in the Windows Search Bar
- Right-click on the Python App, and then select “Open file location“
- Right-click on the Python shortcut, and then select Properties
- Click on “Open File Location“
You’ll now get the location/path where your Python is installed on Windows:
C:UsersRonAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython39
Notice that the path under this method matches to the path found under the first method.
Once you retrieved the above path, you’ll be able to upgrade pip for example.
- HowTo
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- Where Is Python Installed
Manav Narula
Oct 15, 2021
Mar 14, 2021
- Use the
dirname()
Function to Find the Installation Folder of Python - Use the
where
Command to Find the Installation Folder of Python - Use the
which
Command to Find the Installation Folder of Python
The installation folder of any software or application has some significance since it points us to the exact place where most of the related files and folders related to it can be found. The same goes for Python; we have to install it at a specific location where it stores the language’s modules and basic framework.
In this tutorial, we will learn how to view the path of the installation folder of Python.
Use the dirname()
Function to Find the Installation Folder of Python
The os
library is used to interact with the Operating System and has functions available to retrieve full paths of the files. The dirname()
function from this library can be used to retrieve the directory from the specified file’s path.
To return the installation directory, we pass the sys.executable
to this function from the sys
library. The sys.executable
returns the path of the binary executable of the Python interpreter.
The following code shows how to use this.
import os
import sys
print(os.path.dirname(sys.executable))
Output:
Use the where
Command to Find the Installation Folder of Python
We can directly use the where python
command in the command prompt to find Python’s installation folder in windows.
C:>where python
C:PythonPython 3.9python.exe
Use the which
Command to Find the Installation Folder of Python
In Linux and macOS, we can use the which python
command in the terminal to view Python’s installation path.
Manav is a IT Professional who has a lot of experience as a core developer in many live projects. He is an avid learner who enjoys learning new things and sharing his findings whenever possible.
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