Help installing Python 2.3 on Win2K

[D.S. Hein]

I have installed python 2.3 on my Windows 2K laptop and I can run python
from the command prompt.

I have tried various ways to set PYTHONPATH with the various directories
where I have python programs (i.e. xxxxxx.py) but no matter how I set
PYTHONPATH I keep getting a message that python can't open the python
file. If I try to specify the full pathname by typing: python
c:\Documents and Settings\-rest of path- I get an error message that
python can't open c:\Documents.

The ways I have set PYTHONPATH are by directly changing the registry
entry for Python 2.3, by setting the environment variable by
right-clicking on My Computer and by adding set PYTHONPATH=-various
pathnames-.

I'd be grateful for any guidance on how to organize my system.

[mensanator]

D.S. Hein wrote:

I have installed python 2.3 on my Windows 2K laptop and I can run python
from the command prompt.

I have tried various ways to set PYTHONPATH with the various directories
where I have python programs (i.e. xxxxxx.py) but no matter how I set
PYTHONPATH I keep getting a message that python can't open the python
file. If I try to specify the full pathname by typing: python
c:\Documents and Settings\-rest of path- I get an error message that
python can't open c:\Documents.
Put the path inside quotation marks just as you would any other
command.

C:\>dir C:\documents and settings\a*
The system cannot find the file specified.

C:\>dir "C:\documents and settings\a*"
Volume in drive C is XXXXPXXABA
Volume Serial Number is 90C0-740E

Directory of C:\documents and settings

07/16/2001 08:40a <DIR> Administrator
07/29/2005 08:20a <DIR> All Users
0 File(s) 0 bytes
2 Dir(s) 772,973,568 bytes free

The ways I have set PYTHONPATH are by directly changing the registry
entry for Python 2.3, by setting the environment variable by
right-clicking on My Computer and by adding set PYTHONPATH=-various
pathnames-.

I'd be grateful for any guidance on how to organize my system.