Windows BUILDING prerequisites options install differing Python versions

[MikeMcC399]

Situation

The BUILDING > Windows Prerequisites documentation section lists three different options for installing prerequisites to build Node.js on Windows. The different options are not aligned with one another and result in different versions of Python being installed:

Option	Python version
1: Manual install	3.13.9
2: Automated install with WinGet	3.12.10
3: Automated install with Boxstarter	3.14.2

GitHub Actions workflows are using PYTHON_VERSION: '3.14'

Suggestion

1. Update the manual install instructions to align with the Python 3.14 documentation Using Python on Windows. Note that Python has deprecated the full installer since version 3.14 and provides instead the Python Install Manager. Python 3.13 is the highest version still available directly from the Microsoft Store.
2. Update the WinGet instructions and configurations to install Python 3.14

[MikeMcC399]

#61428 submitted to update the manual install instructions for Python.

I will take a look at updating the WinGet instructions as well.

[MikeMcC399]

#61431 covers installing Python 3.14 with a WinGet configuration