[tutor] PATH vs PYTHONPATH on win98 and win2000?

[Israel Evans]

I have two problems here.

The first is that I use windows 2000 at work( ok make that three problems )
and when I set a PYTHONPATH, things get screwy and tools like IDLE don't
start up.  I can still run some programs, but not all.  If I delete
PYTHONPATH everything works great, however setting PATH to accept the few
exterior python directories that I've created doesn't seem to do anything
and modules can't be found when I import them.

The, now third problem is that I use windows98 at home ( four....  four
problems!)..  and I must ask you how in the bloody blue blazes does one set
the environment variables in the config.sys or autoexec.bat/tsh thingamabobs
anyway?

Bamboozled and flummoxed through and through...

~Israel~




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