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"python" command in cmd works just fine, which I believe means that python is added to path. I can't find it in PATH in Environment variables tho. The reason Im messing with this is because I want to remove python 3.10 from path to and to add python 3.9.

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  • check this out: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7743281/cant-set-python-environment-path-variable – Olasimbo May 22 '22 at 14:11
  • Doesn't really help. The problem is that I have python in path, but it is not shown, so I can't remove it and instead put there the folder for python 3.9 to be used. – Milos Potic May 22 '22 at 14:23
  • use `where python` to know the path of python first. Then follow this to remove python https://stackoverflow.com/a/60318668/1836069 – Olasimbo May 22 '22 at 14:25

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PATH environment variable only store the paths to the directory to find commands or executable files. If you're on Linux or Mac OS, you can find where the python path is from using the command

which python

which will then reveal the path to the python executable like below example

/usr/bin/python

You can then see where the path is linked to which version of Python using the command ls -l <path to python executable>

> ls -l /usr/bin/python
lrwxr-xr-x  /usr/bin/python -> ../../System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7

If you want to link python command to a specific version of python executable, you can add this line to either .zshrc (zsh shell) or .bashrc (bash shell) depending on which shell your terminal is using

alias python='</path/to/python3/executable>'
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    I'm using Windows. And I have found the Environment variable, it was just well hidden under some AppData folders. Thank you for you help – Milos Potic May 22 '22 at 15:23
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You can also use multiple python versions with pyenv

https://youtu.be/HTx18uyyHw8

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