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Expand Up @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ double-click the file. The MSI package format allows Windows administrators to
automate installation with their standard tools.

By design, Python installs to a directory with the version number embedded,
e.g. Python version 2.7 will install at :file:`C:\Python27\`, so that you can
e.g. Python version 2.7 will install at :file:`C:\\Python27\\`, so that you can
have multiple versions of Python on the
same system without conflicts. Of course, only one interpreter can be the
default application for Python file types. It also does not automatically
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Typing the full path name for a Python interpreter each time quickly gets
tedious, so add the directories for your default Python version to the :envvar:`PATH`.
Assuming that your Python installation is in :file:`C:\Python27\`, add this to your
Assuming that your Python installation is in :file:`C:\\Python27\\`, add this to your
:envvar:`PATH`:

.. code-block:: console
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