hello fellow programmers, newbie question here and this isn't much a programming question as it is a windows and python question, so sorry in advance.
i have been having what i think is a problem with running python on windows from a DOS prompt. i am used to running python from a linux box where you can just type "python" or "python24" from a shell prompt and the python shell executes from any directory. now if i remember right, when used a window 2000, i could break out a DOS prompt and type "python" from any directory and it would execute the python screen where you could then begin testing code. now i am using a windows xp media center edition laptop with python 2.5 installed and when i go to run and then type "cmd" and then type "python" from the directory where the run "cmd" command drops me it says 'python' is not a recognized as an internal or external command. i would like to be able to just type "python" from any directory and have it run. does any one know why it's doing this or how i can achieve running python from just any directory. now i can navigate to the python folder and execute python from there. but there seems to me to be a way to achieve what i want to do. sorry for such a newbie question but i would like to figure this out because there are some situations where i need that to work from any directory. thanks in advance, -- Daniel McQuay boxster.homelinux.org H: 814.825.0847 M: 814-341-9013
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