From b75a164daaf0087cf319aab3d8700586580ed7b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hernan Martinez <hernan.c.martinez@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 12:52:47 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] easy_install.get_win_launcher: Default to pythonw.exe in GUI
 mode

---
 launcher.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/launcher.c b/launcher.c
index b87cb32ad6..90178edefb 100644
--- a/launcher.c
+++ b/launcher.c
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ int run(int argc, char **argv, int is_gui) {
     *ptr-- = '\0';
 
     if (strncmp(python, "#!", 2)) {
-        /* default to python.exe if no #! header */
-        strcpy(python, "#!python.exe");
+        /* default to python[w].exe if no #! header */
+        strcpy(python, is_gui ? "#!pythonw.exe" : "#!python.exe");
     }
 
     parsedargs = parse_argv(python+2, &parsedargc);