From 03fca07f839fe6c454dfbed37d91c49ee640b38d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Miss Islington (bot)" <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 21:08:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add documentation for Python install manager's install_dir, global_dir and download_dir (GH-140223) (cherry picked from commit 336154f4b0dbcf1d9dbb461ae962d558ba60f452) Co-authored-by: Steve Dower --- Doc/using/windows.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst index ab0ed3fb110..52212c394cf 100644 --- a/Doc/using/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst @@ -457,6 +457,25 @@ customization. - Specify the default format used by the ``py list`` command. By default, ``table``. + * - ``install_dir`` + - (none) + - Specify the root directory that runtimes will be installed into. + If you change this setting, previously installed runtimes will not be + usable unless you move them to the new location. + + * - ``global_dir`` + - (none) + - Specify the directory where global commands (such as ``python3.14.exe``) + are stored. + This directory should be added to your :envvar:`PATH` to make the + commands available from your terminal. + + * - ``download_dir`` + - (none) + - Specify the directory where downloaded files are stored. + This directory is a temporary cache, and can be cleaned up from time to + time. + Dotted names should be nested inside JSON objects, for example, ``list.format`` would be specified as ``{"list": {"format": "table"}}``.