windows - Python 2.7 won't run in command line, yes I added to path variable

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2014-07

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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>

Answers

Andrew Clark

Looks like there is an unmatched double quote in your PATH variable for the following entry (fourth from the end):

C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem"
                                         ^

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When I use the run prompt in Windows XP Professional (Win+R), and type python.exe or python, it works and greets me with the python prompt.

However, when I start a cmd window, and then type python.exe or python, it doesn't find it.

This is what I expect, as the Python directory (for me, I:\Python31\) is not in my PATH.

How come, then, that if I type python.exe in the Win+R prompt, it works?

Edit: here is a partial output of SET, I removed most irrelevant entries, I'm not sure why is it useful, apart from the PATH variable which I already said doesn't include the Python directory. If you need a particular variable other than these, please ask.

CLIENTNAME=Console
CommonProgramFiles=I:\Program Files\Common Files
ComSpec=I:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
OS=Windows_NT
Path=I:\WINDOWS\system32;I:\WINDOWS;I:\WINDOWS\system32\WBEM;I:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;I:\Qt\2010.05\mingw\bin;I:\Program Files\CMake 2.8\bin
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.PSC1
ProgramFiles=I:\Program Files
PROMPT=$P$G
SESSIONNAME=Console
SystemDrive=I:
SystemRoot=I:\WINDOWS
VBOX_INSTALL_PATH=I:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\
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