Adding Python to the path in Windows

[kyosohma at gmail.com]

On Jun 21, 10:10 am, Duncan Booth <duncan.bo... at invalid.invalid>
wrote:
> k... at thenortheastgroup.com wrote:
> > I have many users using two different versions of python, 2.4 and
> > 2.5.  I am running Python scripts on their computers programmatically,
> > but I can't run it with the full path because they have different
> > versions installed.  I need to run it like 'python {script name}'.  So
> > I need to add Python to the path.  How do I do this permanently
> > without going to each computer and setting it through the GUI?  I
> > tried creating a Windows batch script using setx, but the user had to
> > be an administrator.
>
> > Or is there any other way I can run whatever version of Python happens
> > to be installed with a single command?  Anyone have any ideas?  Such a
> > simple issue, there must be a simple solution. (of course, this is
> > Windows).
>
> Assuming they have Python installed normally there will be file
> associations set up for .py and .pyw, so all you need to do to type in
> the script name: Python itself does not need to be in the path.
> N.B. You do need to include the .py extension unless you can arrange to
> edit the PATHEXT environment variable.
>
> e.g.
>
> C:\Temp>type t.py
> import sys
> print sys.version
>
> C:\Temp>t.py
> 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Apr 18 2007, 08:51:08) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]
>
> C:\Temp>assoc .py
> .py=Python.File
>
> C:\Temp>ftype Python.File
> Python.File="C:\Python25\python.exe" "%1" %*

If your users aren't programmers, then why not just run Python over
the network? That's what we do at my place of employment. The only
machines that have Python actually installed are development machines.

Mike