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python 2.7 full path

I have python 2.7 installed on a windows 7 machine (very new to python), when it comes to running scripts I cannot just enter python myscript.py or py myscript.py, I have to enter the full path to the exe i.e. c:\python27\python.exe myscript.py

is there anyway to configure python to remember the path so i can run scripts with just python or py from the command prompt?

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Dan Craciun

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gelonida

As far as I understand
py.exe is a new feature of python 3.
it's basically a python launcher, which parses the first line ( e.g. #!/usr/bin/env python3 ) and calls then the according python with a compatible version.

py.exe is located in C:\Windows\py.exe if you installed a python 3.x version

techtonik

I can't find py.exe inside of 2.7.6 installer. Looks like PEP-397 Abstract paragraph should be updated with information how the launcher is shipped. http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0397/

gelonida

py.exe is part of a python 3 install and will be copied to C:\Windows\py.exe
This is the python launcher. as discussed in the PEP document mentioned by techtonic.

If you don't install python 3 but only python 2 you will not find py.exe

If you install python 2 and python 3, then the launcher be associated with the .py and the .pyw file suffixes and depending on the first line (shebang line) call the apropriate python executable

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