How to get the python exe location programmatically

Question

Basically I want to get a handle of the python interpreter so I can pass a script file to execute  from an external application

User · Accepted Answer

This works in Linux  amp  Windows  Python 3 x  gt  gt  gt  import sys  gt  gt  gt  print sys executable  C  path to python exe  Python 2 x  gt  gt  gt  import sys  gt  gt  gt  print sys executable  usr bin python

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I think it depends on how you installed python  Note that you can have multiple installs of python  I do on my machine  However  if you install via an msi of a version of python 2 2 or above  I believe it creates a registry key like so   HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion App Paths Python exe   which gives this value on my machine   C  Python25 Python exe   You just read the registry key to get the location   However  you can install python via an xcopy like model that you can have in an arbitrary place  and you just have to know where it is installed

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sys executable is not reliable if working in an embedded python environment  My suggestions is to deduce it from   import os os   file

[python] How to get the python.exe location programmatically?

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