Tried to run a python command today and it opened up the page to install Python from the Windows Store for some reason. Somehow a zero-byte "program" called python.exe got installed here and it has precedence over the actual Python installation in the $PATH?
PS C:\> where.exe python
C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python.exe
C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\python.exe
Contents of the folder:
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d----- 11/3/2019 3:02 AM Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe
d----- 10/10/2019 8:06 PM Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe
d----- 10/24/2019 3:59 AM Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe
d----- 10/25/2019 2:36 PM Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay_8wekyb3d8bbwe
-a---l 10/25/2019 2:36 PM 0 GameBarElevatedFT_Alias.exe
-a---l 10/10/2019 8:06 PM 0 MicrosoftEdge.exe
-a---l 11/3/2019 3:02 AM 0 python.exe
-a---l 11/3/2019 3:02 AM 0 python3.exe
-a---l 10/24/2019 3:59 AM 0 wt.exe
I removed it using command prompt, but I'm very curious how it appeared there overnight.
