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Author: mrmundt

.github/workflows/test_pr_and_main.yml

@@ -323,10 +323,21 @@ jobs:
         which python
         python --version
         if test "${{matrix.TARGET}}" = 'win'; then
+            echo $USERPROFILE
+            # Make platformdirs use env vars instead of registry
+            export PLATFORMDIRS_PREFER_ENV=1
+            # Provide the dirs platformdirs/pip expect
             export PROGRAMDATA='C:\ProgramData'
             export ALLUSERSPROFILE='C:\ProgramData'
+            export APPDATA="$USERPROFILE\AppData\Roaming"
+            export LOCALAPPDATA="$USERPROFILE\AppData\Local"
+            # Ensure they exist (best effort)
+            mkdir -p "$APPDATA/pip" "$LOCALAPPDATA/pip" || true
+            # Point pip at an empty config so it doesn't enumerate site configs
             export PIP_CONFIG_FILE="$RUNNER_TEMP/pip-empty.ini"
             : > "$PIP_CONFIG_FILE"
+            # Avoid exercises that trigger config discovery
+            export PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK=1
         fi
         # On 3.14, we need setuptools so we can run Pyomo's setup.py
         conda install setuptools