How to start app without navigating to its directory

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I've looked around for an answer to this, but i don't know how to phrase it in a way that google will understand.

I'm trying to learn Python, and i've installed it on my machine. However, when i just type "python" in cmd.exe, the python app is not found/launched.

I have to manually go to the directory in which python.exe is found in order to run my python commands. Is this normal? Online tutorials seem to indicate that I should be able to run the app from anywhere :s

I'm on Win7, and trying to run Python from the Django stack by BitNami.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 04 '13 at 20:29

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7054424/python-not-recognised-as-a-command

Add python to your environment path. You should then be able to use it anywhere.

answered Mar 04 '13 at 20:29

eliteslayer

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 04 '13 at 20:29

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Did you add your python installation folder to environment variable "PATH"? More details you can find here: http://docs.python.org/2/using/windows.html

answered Mar 04 '13 at 20:29

Vadym Fedorov

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