Path Issue (I think)

I used CCleaner on my Win10 computer. Everything works afterwards, but:

I'm trying to work with Python. I uninstalled the version I had and reinstalled it (3.10). It installs OK, but the installation seems weird. For one, it's not in my "Program Files" or "Program Files 86" folder. Instead, it's in the C:\users\....\appdata\local\Programs\Python\Python310 folder.

So I tried to update the path with this location. BUT now when I go to Cmd and type path I get two sets of paths, which are identical.

And more: Even though the path does point to the Python310 folder, if I go to the C:\ prompt and type Python, I get a dialog box from Microsoft Store for Python 3.9. (NOTE: I got rid of this by going to the Admin console, then powershell, then pasting this: Get-AppxPackage -allusers *WindowsStore* | Remove-AppxPackage

That works for the MS Store issue.

If I go to the location on the path and type Python, it works as expected.

How do I 1) edit the path to get rid of the duplicate entries? I have tried to do this several times and while I seems to work it doesn't. If I look at the path in the Edit Environmental Variable dialog box, the path is correct, no duplicates. But again if I type path >path.txt at the command prompt I get the path doubled.

SECOND EDIT: I rebooted and that (for some reason) eliminated the duplicated path entries. BUT still, even though I think python.exe is on the path, if go to a command prompt and type python<ret> nothing happens. Only if I go to the location where python.exe is can I run it.

What to do?
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From a cmd prompt type

set

what does that say were in the path is python as the path may be to long 260 chars try moving it further up and or thy in "path"