Getting "targetdir variable must be provided when invoking this installer" message

Question

when i try to install python i'm getting the "targetdir variable must be provided when invoking this installer" whilst attempting to install python 3.5. I have used tried to Run as admin however, I', still getting this error.

Answer 1

I had the same problem today and it did not work even with "run as administrator". To solve the problem, I ran powershell as administrator and executed the following command:

python-3.6.1.exe InstallAllUsers=1 TargetDir="c:\python3.6"