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Title: Win32 installer should add python's directory to system path
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Components: Installation Versions:
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Status: closed Resolution: works for me
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Assigned To: Nosy List: complex, kjohnson, loewis, sf-robot
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Created on 2004-02-10 19:17 by complex, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (4)
msg19963 - (view) Author: Viktor Ferenczi (complex) Date: 2004-02-10 19:17
Win32 installer should add python's base directory to 
the system path to allow executing Python.exe 
anywhere. If you use an editor like SciTE a hotkey (F5) 
will start your script with a command line like:

pythonw.exe your_script.py

The system path must be set correctly to allow this 
command. This setting must be done on each machine 
with python installed. In a while classroom with 30 
machines it can be very cumbersome. An installation 
option would be useful in most cases, especially 
with "yes" default.
msg19964 - (view) Author: Kent Johnson (kjohnson) * Date: 2005-10-20 15:53
Logged In: YES 
user_id=49695

IIRC this worked in Python 2.3 and was broken in 2.4
msg19965 - (view) Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * (Python committer) Date: 2007-03-28 11:54
complex, can you confirm that the problem is fixed? The script should be started with simply "your_script.py", which, in turn, should invoke the shell's mechanisms to find Python by extension. Prefixing with pythonw.exe should not be necessary.
msg19966 - (view) Author: SourceForge Robot (sf-robot) Date: 2007-04-12 02:20
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2022-04-11 14:56:02adminsetgithub: 39924
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