Cmd Opens Windows Store When I Type 'Python'

CMD opens Windows Store when I type 'python'

Use the Windows search bar to find "Manage app execution aliases". There should be two aliases for Python. Unselect them, and this will allow the usual Python aliases "python" and "python3". See the image below.

I think we have this problem when installing Python because in a new Windows installation the aliases are in the ON position as in image below. When turned on, Windows puts an empty or fake file named python.exe and python3.exe in the directory named %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps. This is the alias.

Then Microsoft put that directory at the top of the list in the "Path" environment variables.

When you enter "python" in cmd, it searches the directories listed in your "Path" environment variables page from top to bottom. So if you installed Python after a new Windows 10 install then get redirected to the Windows Store, it's because there are two python.exe's: The alias in the App Execution Alias page, and the real one wherever you installed Python. But cmd finds the App execution, alias python.exe, first because that directory is at the top of the Path.

I think the easiest solution is to just check the python.exe and python3.exe to OFF as I suggested before, which deletes the fake EXE file files. Based on this Microsoft Devblog, they stated they created this system partially for new Python users, specifically kids learning Python in school that had trouble installing it.

Creating this alias was to help kids just starting Python to install it and focus on learning to code. I think Windows probably deletes those aliases if you install Python from the Windows App Store. We are noticing that they do not get deleted if you manually install from another source.

(Also, the empty/fake python.exe is not really empty. It says 0 KB in the screenshot, but entering "start ms-windows-store:" in cmd opens the Windows App Store, so it probably just has a line with that and a way to direct it to the Python page.)

Finally, as Chipjust suggested, you can create a new alias for Python using something like DOSKEY as explained in this article for example:
How to set aliases for the command prompt in Windows

Typing python in CMD opens up the Microsoft store download for Python 3.8

One can use a old version of python, you can use a 2.x version also which is much older. It sounds like python has been removed from your PATH or got uninstalled.

Try add your python installation to the PATH and it should work again:
Set python path

Update:
Windows have added app execution aliases for the python keyword, see below answer for more details and how to solve it
https://stackoverflow.com/a/58773979/5719145

Python was not found; run without arguments to install from the Microsoft Store, or disable this shortcut from Settings

You need to download Python from https://python.org. When in the installation, be sure to check the option that adds Python to PATH.

When I try to run code in cmd, it opens vs code

Your machine does not automatically executes python files with python but as default opens them with VS Code.

I assume you call it via "yourprogram.py". Call it with "python .\yourprogram.py"

Python no longer launches from command prompt after windows update

python should work in cmd if Python is correctly installed and added to Windows path. py also exists and allows for a specification of a version i.e. py -2 or py -3. In your case it appears that python is installed in appdata and not program files, and this is most likely the issue with the python command not working! Here is a pretty comprehensive article on the differences between the two!

How do I test if Python is installed on Windows (10), and run an exe to install it if its not installed?

All of the comments guided me to the right way to do it.

I used this great working code:

:: Check for Python Installation
python --version 3>NUL
if errorlevel 1 goto errorNoPython

:: Reaching here means Python is installed.
:: Execute stuff...

:: Once done, exit the batch file -- skips executing the errorNoPython section
goto:eof

:errorNoPython
echo.
echo Error^: Python not installed
"C:\Program Files\used\systems\innoventiq\accumanager\required\excutables\python-3.7.3-amd64.exe"

Why do I get traceback erros when using python on CMD?

When you first typed "python" you activated the interactive console.
To exit you can type "exit()". Then you can type "python -v"

Python command not working in command prompt

It finally worked!!!

I needed to do things to get it to work

1. Add C:\Python27\ to the end of the PATH system variable
2. Add C:\Python27\ to the end of the PYTHONPATH system variable

I had to add these to both for it to work.

If I added any subdirectories, it did not work for some reason.

Thank you all for your responses.

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