When the researcher contacted BleepingComputer, the bug was still present in the latest WhatsApp release for Windows, and we could reproduce it on Windows 11, v2.2428.10.0.

One click on the .pyz file, or a simple python file.pyz command, launches the application. The big drawback of Zipapps is that it can’t elegantly bundle third-party packages.

The Python Installation Manager is itself just another Windows app, so there are a few ways to install it: The Microsoft Store app offers a convenient one-click installation method.