yeah, you know what i totally didn't think about setting the environmental values (yeah Media Center is the same as XP Pro). i guess i should of known that. geeze now i feel like a moron. however, i didn't know about that quick little DOS trick.
<br><br>thanks a lot guys for such a quick response and pointing out the obvious.<br><br>this has got to be the best and most friendly list ever.<br><br>happy new year to you all,<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/31/06,
<b class="gmail_sendername">Alan Gauld</b> <<a href="mailto:alan.gauld@btinternet.com">alan.gauld@btinternet.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
"Steve Oldner" <<a href="mailto:Steven.Oldner@LA.GOV">Steven.Oldner@LA.GOV</a>> wrote<br><br>> change defaults (programmers aren't allowed to do system<br>> admin stuff, heck, we can't even move our PC's or monitors).
<br><br>You can just type in the PATH statement every time you<br>start DOS<br><br>PATH= %PATH%;D:\Python25<br><br>And it will have the same effect.<br><br>You can even create a Batch file and put it into<br>somewhere your PATH can see
<br><br><br>D:\Python25\python %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9<br><br>should work.<br><br>But how did you install Python if you can't change the<br>system? If you have access to install programs you<br>have access to set environment variables, at least
<br>for yourself!<br><br>Alan G.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Tutor maillist - <a href="mailto:Tutor@python.org">Tutor@python.org</a><br><a href="http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor">
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