right click> new> shortcut command line: C:\python22\python.exe c:\path\to\dfc.py dfcCfgBackup remember, in python, sys.argv is a tuple containing args passed in. Depending on your windows version, you MAY have to put python in double-quotes, like so: "C:\python22\python.exe" c:\path\to\dfc.py dfcCfgBackup