Uninstalling Python 3.5 removes a "py.exe" that was installed with Python 3.4

[pfmoore]

BPO	23621
Nosy	@pfmoore, @tjguk, @zware, @zooba

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title = 'Uninstalling Python 3.5 removes a "py.exe" that was installed with Python 3.4'
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[pfmoore]

When I installed Python 3.4, I included the py.exe launcher. I have just installed Python 3.5a0, then uninstalled it again, and the py.exe launcher has gone.

Either the 3.5 installer should notice that py.exe is already present and remember *not* to uninstall it, or it should warn the user when installing that continuing will take ownership of the launcher from a previous installation.

(I understand why having the same file owned by 2 installers causes problems, and that there's no easy fix, but the current behaviour is not at all friendly - I now have to reinstall Python 3.4 to fix it, or at least re-download the installer and try a repair, which might work I guess).

[zooba]

This is already fixed for 3.5 and later, since the launcher now has a consistent component ID regardless of which version/architecture of Python is installed.

It's too late to go back and make equivalent changes to the installer for 3.4 - running a Repair on a 3.4 installation is the best way to get it back.