Installing a new version of python3 on windows

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Aryan Kumar · Answer

Sure, here are the steps on how to install a new version of Python 3 on Windows:

Go to the Python website: https://www.python.org/downloads/.
Click on the "Windows" tab.
Under the "Windows installers" section, click on the "Download Python 3.11.x (x86-64 executable installer)" button.
Once the download is complete, run the installer.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Once the installation is complete, you can verify that Python 3 has been installed by opening a command prompt and typing the following command:

python3 --version

You should see the following output:

Python 3.11.x

To install a specific version of Python 3, you can use the following command:

python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade python==3.11.x

For example, to install Python 3.10, you would use the following command:

python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade python==3.10

To switch between Python 3 versions, you can use the following command:

py -3.11

This will start a Python 3.11 interpreter.

To install Python 3 from the Microsoft Store, you can use the following steps:

Once the installation is complete, you can verify that Python 3 has been installed by opening a command prompt and typing the following command:

python --version

You should see the following output:

Python 3.11.x

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