ESP-IDF deployed by Windows Installer should not need idf.py.exe project. CMD and PowerShell activators contains all the necessary stuff.
Evaluate reason why we need this tool.
If the tool is really required add check for dependencies on MSVCRT or other requirements.
Other option would be to add it to idf-env, which is able to run on all versions of Windows.
ESP-IDF deployed by Windows Installer should not need idf.py.exe project. CMD and PowerShell activators contains all the necessary stuff. Evaluate reason why we need this tool. If the tool is really required add check for dependencies on MSVCRT or other requirements. Other option would be to add it to idf-env, which is able to run on all versions of Windows.