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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_GoBack"></a>Hello All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m new to Python. I downloaded the 64-bit build of Python 2.7.10 from <u>www.python.org/downloads/release/python-2710</u>. I run Windows 7 Pro on a Dell PC.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I find that the installation package creates a folder called “Python 2.7” in my Start menu, with both a command prompt and IDLE GUI options. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hold my scripts in another directory that is parallel to but not under the one where Python 2.7 resides, so I set the Environment Variable PYTHONPATH to include the directory where my scripts reside. Unfortunately, I am unable to reach them in either the IDLE GUI or the “Python command line” in that folder in my start menu. The only way I have managed to run Python scripts is to open an ordinary command prompt from Accessories, navigate to the directory with the scripts, and run python from the command prompt in that directory.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Can anyone let me know what I’m not doing that I should be doing to run Python and my scripts from the parallel directory under the GUI or the command line from the start menu folder ?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>Ward Kingkade <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>1201 Belle View Boulevard<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>Apartment B1<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'>Alexandria, VA 22307<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'> Ward_Kingkade@msn.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>