Can't figure this out. I have followed the tutorials I have found to a T and it still won't run from cmd. I tried uploading a screenshot to show that C:\Python27 is in the Path env variable but I can't because I am a new user. Windows 7. See 'python' is not recognized as an internal...
C:\Users\paleus>python
'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:\Users\paleus>set PATH
Path=C:\Program Files (x86)\MKS Toolkit\mksnt;C:\PROGRA~2\MKSTOO~1\bin64;C:\PROG
RA~2\MKSTOO~1\bin;C:\PROGRA~2\MKSTOO~1\bin\X11;C:\PROGRA~2\MKSTOO~1\mksnt;C:\IBM
\InformationServer\ASBNode\apps\jre\bin\classic;C:\IBM\InformationServer\ASBNode
\lib\cpp;C:\IBM\InformationServer\ASBNode\apps\proxy\cpp\vc60\MT_dll\bin;C:\Wind
ows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowe
rShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem";C:\Program Files\Tortois
eSVN\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Python27\
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC;.sh;.ksh;.csh;.sed
;.awk;.pl
C:\Users\paleus>
echo %PATH%
in the command prompt and make sure the changes took (copy the results here for us). Also what happens if you doC:\Python27\python
? Do you get the interactive shell?'python' is not recognized as an internal
error comes only if the environment variable is not set properly or try restarting your cmd.