I try to install Python 3.10/3.11 on my Windows 10 machine. It works without any issues, but when I try to execute code from the terminal, it uses version 3.6.6. (Even though version 3.6.6 is not listed in my Python versions.)
C:\Windows\system32>python --version
Python 3.6.6
C:\Windows\system32>py --list
-V:3.11 * Python 3.11 (64-bit)
-V:3.10 Python 3.10 (64-bit)
-V:3.9 Python 3.9 (64-bit)
-V:3.8 Python 3.8 (64-bit)
I tried editing my environment variables, and it looks just fine for version 3.11 (user Path):
C:\Users\chenb\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Scripts\
C:\Users\chenb\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\
C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Shell 8.0\bin\
C:\Users\chenb\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps
C:\Users\chenb\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin
C:\Program Files\Blace
D:\Blace
C:\Program Files\JetBeans\PyCharm 2021.3.3\bin
C:\Program Files\JetBeans\PyCharm Community Edition 2022.1\bin
D:\FFmpeg\bin
C:\Users\chenb\Desktop\FFmpeg\bin
C:\Program Files\PsynchoPy
C:\Users\chenb\Desktop\Coding\swigwin-4.1.1
C:\Users\chenb\anaconda3\Scripts
%IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition%
A:\src\flutter\bin
A:\PsychoPy
A:\PsychoPy\DLLs
C:\Users\chenb\AppData\Roaming\npm
When searching for Python 3.6 on my computer, there's a software called 'PsychoPy' that uses Python 3.6 (which I need):
Directory C:\Program Files\PsychoPy3 as shown in Windows File Explorer:
Name Date modified Type Size
------------------------------------------------------------------
DLLs 06/04/2023 20:58 File folder
include 06/04/2023 21:00 File folder
Lib 06/04/2023 21:00 File folder
libs 06/04/2023 21:00 File folder
man 06/04/2023 21:00 File folder
MinGit 06/04/2023 21:00 File folder
Scripts 06/04/2023 21:00 File folder
share 06/04/2023 21:00 File folder
tcl 06/04/2023 21:00 File folder
Tools 06/04/2023 21:00 File folder
CHANGEOG.txt 20/11/2020 20:15 Text Source File 158 KB
LICENSE.txt 17/05/2018 16:35 Text Source File 1 KB
LICENSES.txt 18/12/2014 17:53 Text Source File 4 KB
NEWS.txt 27/06/2018 5:43 Text Source File 395 KB
PsychoPy3 06/04/2023 21:01 Internet Shortcut 1 KB
python.exe 27/06/2018 5:40 Application 99 KB
python3.dll 27/06/2018 5:37 Application exten... 58 KB
python36.dll 27/06/2018 5:37 Application exten... 3,527 KB
python64.exe 27/06/2018 5:40 Application 99 KB
pythonw.exe 27/06/2018 5:40 Application 97 KB
uinst.exe 06/04/2023 21:01 Application 62 KB
Is it possible that the software is overriding my Python version?
Any idea how can I solve this issue?
Run set PATH in your terminal to check the current PATH variable in CMD. You should see that the path to the Python 3.6 executable is near the front.
You are showing your user PATH variable, but there is also a system PATH variable that takes precedence in the PATH order. You can find the system PATH variable in the bottom pane of the Environmental Variables window.
If it is not there, it could also be an AutoRun process that fires everytime you start CMD. That is controlled by a expandable string value AutoRun at the registry key
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor
If it is present, then the data attached to the AutoRun value is executed everytime CMD starts. This could be used to place the Python 3.6 as the alias to python