gimme-aws-creds.cmd can't find Python when it's not named `python3`

If you have Execution Aliases for Python 3 turned on then this fix will find the Aliases first and you’ll get the error message:

Python was not found; run without arguments to install from the Microsoft Store, or disable this shortcut from Settings > Manage App Execution Aliases.

even if you have Python 3 installed via other methods, such as Anaconda.

So if you get that error message but python3 works to start Python, go to Settings > App Execution Aliases, and turn off any you see for Python.

I suspect that the fix that is finding python3 in the expression "%%~$PATH:j" is also the cause of @MarkEvansHW 's problem, finding Program Files instead of appdata directory and then not escaping the space.

edit:

%~$P:i - searches the directories listed in the P environment variable
         and expands %i to the fully qualified name of the first one found.

Some other solutions that can work if your desired Python runs:

Copy gimme-aws-creds/blob/master/bin/gimme-aws-creds to the desktop, rename to gimme-aws-creds.py, right-click and make sure “Open with” is set to your Python. User can then double-click it.

or

Make a file called gimme-aws-creds.bat with contents start cmd /k python -c "from gimme_aws_creds.main import GimmeAWSCreds; GimmeAWSCreds().run()"

or

In Powershell, run Function gimme_fn {python -c "from gimme_aws_creds.main import GimmeAWSCreds; GimmeAWSCreds().run()" }; Set-Alias -Name gimme-aws-creds -Value gimme_fn