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- Sun Jul 31, 2022 6:40 am #95001 For my Windows 11 installation the Python3 interpreter was install automatically in:

<packages folder>\esp8266\tools\python3

But the associated platform.txt file uses {runtime.tools.python.path} for the Python interpreter and this evaluates to the package specific tools folder:

<packages folder>\esp8266\hardware\esp8266\3.0.2\tools\python3

Where the packages folder is:

C:\Users\Mark\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages

What worked for me was:

• Start a administrative command prompt
• Change directory to <packages folder>\esp8266\hardware\esp8266\3.0.2\tools
• Create a directory symbolic link:
  mklink /D python3 <packages folder>\esp8266\tools\python3\3.7.2-post1

Other possible options that I haven't tested:

• Edit <packages folder>\esp8266\3.0.2\platform.io and replace all occurrences of {runtime.tools.python3.path}/python3 with {runtime.platform.path}/tools/python3/python3.
• Install a Python3 interpreter into <packages folder>\esp8266\tools\python3\3.7.2-post1.