On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Brian van den Broek <br...@cc.umanitoba.ca> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying, via email, to help a friend set up python on his Windows > XP computer. I've been strictly linux for some time now, and don't > have a Windows machine on which to investigate. We've hit a problem, > and I'd appreciate a push. > > He's got python 2.6.1 installed as evidenced by the Startbar program > icon for Idle launching as expected. When run from IDLE, `print > sys.executable' yields `C:\\Python26\\pythonw.exe'. > He reports that C:\Python26 contains both python.exe and pythonw.exe. > > I've had him add the text `;C:\Python26' (without quotes) to the end > of his Path environment variable via the Control Panel|System > Properties way of editing Environment variables. I've had him reboot > afterwards. > > After all of that, he reports that an attempt to run python from the > command prompt produces a complaint that `` `python' is not recognized > as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.'' > > Can someone with Windows knowledge please tell me what I am missing? > Am I wrong in recalling that from the command prompt on Windows, one > wants python, rather than pythonw? (I seem to recollect that > pythonw.exe is what you associate with .py files to prevent a > double-click on a .py icon from producing the `DOS box flash' and > *not* what one wants to use from the prompt itself.)
It sounds to me like you have asked him to do the right thing. I would try - check the Path setting by typing 'set path' at a command prompt and verify that C:\Python26 is in the displayed path - try running Python with a full path, i.e. at the command prompt try 'C:\Python26\python.exe' Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
