Setting up both python 3.14 and 3.14t on windows arm doesn't work #1241
Description
I've made a reproduction here: https://github.com/patrick91/python-314t-windows-arm64-repro/actions/runs/19098499344/job/54564398540
Basically when setting up both Python 3.14 and 3.14t on windows arm I get this error:
Create Python 3.14.0 folder in C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\Python
Copy Python binaries to C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\Python\3.14.0\arm64-freethreaded
Install Python 3.14.0 in C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\Python...
Error: Remove-Item : Cannot find path 'C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\Python\3.14.0\arm64-freethreaded\python.exe' because it
Error: does not exist.
At C:\a\_temp\277a5d9b-f2ff-4114-918b-228fa38fb5be\setup.ps1:131 char:5
+ Remove-Item -Path "$PythonArchPath\python.exe" -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\hostedtoolca...aded\python.exe:String) [Remove-Item], ItemNotFoundEx
ception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
Error: New-Item : Cannot find path 'C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\Python\3.14.0\arm64-freethreaded\python3.14t.exe' because it
Error: does not exist.
At C:\a\_temp\277a5d9b-f2ff-4114-918b-228fa38fb5be\setup.ps1:132 char:5
+ New-Item -Path "$PythonArchPath\python.exe" -ItemType SymbolicLin ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\hostedtoolca...python3.14t.exe:String) [New-Item], ItemNotFoundExcep
Error: tion
Error: + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand
Create python3 symlink
Error: New-Item : Cannot find path 'C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\Python\3.14.0\arm64-freethreaded\python.exe' because it does
Error: not exist.
At C:\a\_temp\277a5d9b-f2ff-4114-918b-228fa38fb5be\setup.ps1:136 char:1
+ New-Item -Path "$PythonArchPath\python3.exe" -ItemType SymbolicLink - ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\hostedtoolca...aded\python.exe:String) [New-Item], ItemNotFoundExcep
Error: tion
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand
Install and upgrade Pip
Error: 'C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\Python\3.14.0\arm64-freethreaded\python.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Error: Error happened during pip installation / upgrade
At C:\a\_temp\277a5d9b-f2ff-4114-918b-228fa38fb5be\setup.ps1:143 char:5
+ Throw "Error happened during pip installation / upgrade"
Error: + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (Error happened ...ation / upgrade:String) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Error happened during pip installation / upgrade
Error: The process 'C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe' failed with exit code 1
my workaround is to create two jobs for this so it's not a big deal, but just wanted to report it 😊