Python programming environment for a class set of Windows 11 laptops

I’m ready to set up a Python programming environment for my students on their Windows 11 laptops. We have a typical Windows network where students sign in to the laptops with their individual user accounts. My question is: can I install a Python programming environment as an admin on each laptop that all users can use without elevated permissions? I haven’t tried yet. Just want to know before I start the process.

Suggestion:
Install thonny https://thonny.org
and Python libraries (in Thonny)

DroneBlocksTelloSimulator 0.0.7

droneblocks-python-utils 0.2.2

Read instruction in each library how to use them.

Hi Mikextr.

Python can be installed as the local / domain administrator as long as you use the “all users” as per Python Documentation:
Pydocs found here

The students should be able to run standard python code / scripts without needing to elevate permissions, as long as you’d not doing anything that requires permissions elevation.
For example: As python script that performs writing to a system folder would required admin permission.

Hopefully this makes sense and hopefully this information helps.
:slight_smile:

Thank you, Clinton. Your response makes sense and is helpful. Getting these laptops ready for Python programming will be one of my summer projects.

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