On Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:51:05 GMT, Tim Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Ton van Vliet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>There's could also be an issue with entering 'python' at the command >>line, and not 'python.exe'. Once the PATH is setup correctly, try to >>enter 'python.exe', and check whether that works. >> >>IMHO, to get any 'program-name' (without the .exe extension) to work, >>one needs to: >>1. register the executable with windows (doesn't work for python) or >>2. make sure the the PATHEXT environment variable is set correctly, >>and includes the .EXE extension (on my w2k system it looks like: >>.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH) please note that I state 1 *or* 2 >You're confusing two things here. Executables (.exe) are always available, >and do not need to be registered to be run without the extension. but *only* if the PATHEXT environment variable is setup correctly >It is possible to have Windows execute "abc.py" when you type "abc", and >that DOES require registering the .py extension and adding .py to the >PATHEXT environment variable. There are executables (.exe) that have a 'registering' option builtin, and need to be registered to have their capabilities made available using the /regserver switch (possibly related to OLE/COM services, but I'm not an expert here ;-) see: http://consumer.installshield.com/kb.asp?id=Q108199 (last para) >A very useful thing to do, by the way. I have many command line tools for >which I have forgotten whether they are batch files, small executables, or >Python scripts. And that's how it should be. -- Ton -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
