How to fix pyenv on windows 11?

Question

On windows 11 I use pyenv to be able to select a specific python version. I want to select python 3.11.9, and the output of

pyenv versions

is:

  3.10.11
  3.11.8
* 3.11.9 (set by C:\Users\WORK\.pyenv\pyenv-win\version)

However, the installed python version is 3.10.11:

> python --version
Python 3.10.11

How to fix this issue?

Changing it locally also does not work, python --version is still 3.10.11 — Alex
– Alex, Commented Aug 20 at 6:09

Christoph Noll · Accepted Answer · 2025-08-20 06:08:29Z

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answered Aug 20 at 6:08

Christoph Noll

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4 Comments

I remember to have this installed. How to check that I use pyenv (the windows pyenv) and not pyenv (the not-windows pyenv)?

@Alex start a python prompt and use help("modules") then look for pyenv.

pyenv does not seem to be in that list

@Alex all right, well I just tried on my Windows, which has pyenv-win and it is in the list.