[Tutor] Trouble running Python on Windows Vista

[Kwpolska]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Tom Avos <tomavos at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
> Hi there,
> I'm learning Python. I have to work with a Notebook running Widows Vista
> Home Premium.(have no other choice)
> It works fine when working in Interactive Mode or by  Opening a .py file
> from the IDLE and then running it by pressing F5, but I can not run .py
> files by invoking them from the prompt (neither from IDLE nor Dos Command
> Line);
>
> Every time I try to do this I get the following error:(In this case I'm
> tryig to invoke triangulo.py saved in C:\python27);
>
>>>> triangulo.py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<pyshell#3>", line 1, in <module>
>     triangulo.py
> NameError: name 'triangulo' is not defined
>>>>
>
> The same happens for every file I want to run by calling them from the
> prompt, although if I double click on any .py file it runs ok.
>
> I've installed Python as follows:
>
> I've downloaded the Python 2.7.3 Windows Installer from
> www.python.org/download/.
> Once I've got it I run the installer and Python was installed on
> C:\Python27, and I've added Python to the my directory by doing set
> path=%path%;C:\python27.
>
> Any ideas will be very welcome :-)
> Thanks in advance for your attention.
>
>
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That's not how you run files.

python path-to-your-file

If it isn't in your %PATH% (it might not be, as you need to set it in
Computer->Properties->Advanced system settings->Environment
Variables), prepend it with c:\python27\.

And please don't put them in C:\Python27\, it isn't supposed to be
used for that.

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