On Mar 9, 11:42 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I downloaded a pre-compiled version 2.5, and intalled it without any > error message; and I can command line playing on Python through firing > up IDLE or command-line. However, I just can't compile the python file > existing in a directory. Today, I tried to fire Python in a DOS > window, then I got error message: Python is not a runnable command or > batch file. It means that the eveiornment variables of my Python > interpreter are not set well yet. My computer runs a Windows XP. > Anyboy can help on this? Thanks! > > Muddy Coder
AFAIK, Python doesn't set environment variables in Windows. To change the environment variable, you go to Control Panel > System > Advanced > Environment Variables > System Variables > In "Path" entry, add Python's installation directory to the end of it (remember to separate it from other directories with semicolons ; Alternatively, you can cd your way through python's directory and always feed absolute path to python.exe, very tiresome, but doesn't require you to add the environment variable. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
