# I cannot add Python mode!

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/i-cannot-add-python-mode/40630>\
**Category:** Processing.py\
**Created:** [January 18, 2023, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/i-cannot-add-python-mode/40630 "2023-01-18T11:03:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/i-cannot-add-python-mode/40630/9 "2023-01-19T08:41:15Z")

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Re _“Did you install the Python mode?”_:  
But this is exactly I’m trying to figure out. How to add/install Python mode.

Re _“I extracted the .zip file (in Downloads folder) into c:\Users\myName\Documents\Processing\modes and it worked.”_:  
I would try that too, but I don’t want to use drive C: (which is the default one) for such a task. I tried to change the Sketchbook folder to another drive --with the instructions @jafal gave me-- but Processing 4 refuses to do that or ignores it.  
I placed instead under "\Processing\modes’ where Java is also placed. But Processing 4 ignores that too.

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