Setting a path

[nubean19]

Hi everyone,
Im new to python and im trying to make sure my path is set correctly. I completed a program and save it but cant seem to make it run in cmd, it keep saying that it cannot find file or directory. Please help

[r035198x]

Hi everyone,
Im new to python and im trying to make sure my path is set correctly. I completed a program and save it but cant seem to make it run in cmd, it keep saying that it cannot find file or directory. Please help

Give details of the command that you're typing. Have configured python correctly and added it to your path?

[bartonc]

Hi everyone,
Im new to python and im trying to make sure my path is set correctly. I completed a program and save it but cant seem to make it run in cmd, it keep saying that it cannot find file or directory. Please help

In Windows, if you need to add the Python directory to your PATH environment variable, right click My Computer, pull down to Properties. On the Advanced tab click Environment variables. If there is a PATH variable there, select it and click edit, otherwise click new and name the new variable "PATH". INSERT something like "C:\python24;" (what ever is right for your system) at the beginning of the semicolon-separated list. Click OK and dismiss all the dialog boxes. At the command-line (cmd), you must either cd (change directory) to the folder where you .py file is located or type in the complete path. ie
C:\Python Scripts>python myPythonScript.py.

Hope that helps.

[bartonc]

In Windows, if you need to add the Python directory to your PATH environment variable, right click My Computer, pull down to Properties. On the Advanced tab click Environment variables. If there is a PATH variable there, select it and click edit, otherwise click new and name the new variable "PATH". INSERT something like "C:\python24;" (what ever is right for your system) at the beginning of the semicolon-separated list. Click OK and dismiss all the dialog boxes. At the command-line (cmd), you must either cd (change directory) to the folder where you .py file is located or type in the complete path. ie
C:\Python Scripts>python myPythonScript.py.

Hope that helps.

That said, there are much easier ways to run your script. One example: Python comes with a workable IDE called IDLE that lets you edit you .py files and run them from the menu.