Installation on Windows/ARM

[roym1]

Hi, I am using a Windows laptop with Snapdragon (ARM based) CPU.

Recently I downloaded a Windows version of the interpreter and later realized it had installed a x86_64 version.
It does work on the laptop in emulation mode, but you'd want Python interpreter, which is an engine that runs many programs, to have the faster ARM64 compiled version.
I think when asking to download a Windows version, it should either auto-detect your system (likw the Jetbrains installers, for example) or ask you to select from Intel x86_64 to ARM64. The ARM version is available in separate page, but a Windows user would run from https://www.python.org/downloads/ or even the home directory.

[noisefloor]

Ok - but what's the question now?

This forum is a independent support forum, not related to the PSF (Python Software Foundation) all. Of course you can complain about Python here, but it's pretty pointless, as it has no impact on anything.

The better way to install Python on Windows is via the Microsoft Store anyway, as the updates the Python installation automatically while you have to do it yourself when choosing the manual installation path. Python in the Microsoft Store is provided by the PSF.+

Regards, noisefloor

[DeaD_EyE]

You could use the Windows Installer (ARM): https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.14.6...-arm64.exe