Running Python 2 and Python 3 side by side on Windows 10 — How?

In order to get both Python 2 and Python 3 coexist on Windows 10 machine, you need to follow specific instructions there are four things that need to work. I just performed these a few minutes ago and it all works.

• Invoking Python 2 from command line (python -V)
• Invoking pip for Python 2 (pip -V)
• Invoking Python 3 from command line (python3 -V)
• Invoking pip for Python 3 (pip3 -V)

Here are the instructions:

After you are done, all of this should work:

• python -V (this should return python2 version)
• pip -V (this should return the pip for python2)
• python3 -V (this should return python3 version)
• pip3 -V (this should return the pip for python3)

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Almir Mustafic