On 4/8/22 14:24, MRAB wrote: > On 2022-04-08 20:35, Stevenson, John B via Python-list wrote: >> Hello, >> >> As a quick disclaimer, I am sorry if you have received this message >> multiple times over from me. I've been having technical difficulties >> trying to reach this email. Thank you. >> >> I'm trying to install Python on a computer so that I can use it for >> various tasks for my job, like mapping and programming. But it's not >> downloading the necessary files into the right repository for me to >> run Python commands in a command prompt. I can open the Python app >> just fine, but I cannot use it in the terminal, and this messes with >> pip and prevents me from doing my task. What can I do to fix this? >> Error sent back is "'python' is not recognized as an internal or >> external command, operable program or batch file." Thank you. >> > Try the Python Launcher instead by typing "py" instead of "python".
And read this: https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html#launcher (other parts of the page will probably be useful to you as well) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list