newbie question on PATH vaiable and running python on win xp

[Emile van Sebille]

John Boik
> I would like to be able to run python from the command line from any
> directory.  Right now I can only run it from the Python22 directory.
I
> tried putting the Python22 directory in the windows PATH variable, but
still
> python only would run if I was in the Python22 directory.  I also
tried
> putting Python22\python.exe in the PATH variable, but that did not
help
> either.  Any solutions to this?

Don't put the exe in the path:


C:\>echo %PATH%
"F:\Python21\";F:\Perl\bin\;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT

C:\>PATH=""

C:\>python
'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

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Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com

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