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Python35-32 is installed on my PC running Windows 7 64-bit, in the directory ‘C:/Program Files (x86)/Python35-32’.

My Python scripts are installed in:

C:/Program Files (x86)/Python35-32/Scripts/pyscripts

The System Environment Variable ‘Path’ includes:

C:/Program Files (x86)/Python35-32’

and:

C:/Program Files (x86)/Python35-32/Scripts/pyscripts

The System Variable ‘PATHEXT ‘ is:

.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC;.PY

The User Environment Variable ‘PATH’ is:

C:/Program Files (x86)/Python35-32;C:/Program Files (x86)/Python35-32/Scripts/pyscripts

The Python current working directory is; 

C:/Program Files (x86)/Python35-32

There are several scripts in the directory ‘pyscripts’: ‘CleanupStops.py’ and ‘concord.py’ are two of them.

Upon entering the following at the Python prompt:

>>> CleanupStops.py`

The following error message is returned;

Traceback (most recent call last):
        File “<stdin>”, line 1, in < module.
NameError: name ‘CleanupStops’ is not defined
Invoking another script results in the same error message.

I can run the scripts from PowerShell if I change the current working directory to C:/Program Files (x86)/Python35-32/Scripts/pyscripts.

I have researched similar issues which were resolved by:

  1. Inserting the correct path into the environment variables
  2. Including the file extension .py and/or
  3. Changing the current working directory to where the scripts are located.

I have incorporated these, but still receive a NameError as described above.

I would also like to run python scripts from PowerShell without having to change the current working directory every time I open PowerShell. I have not found advice on how to do this. How do I resolve these problems?

Nathaniel Ford
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You need to add your scripts folder to the PYTHONPATH environment variable to allow calling scripts in python from any location How to add to the pythonpath in windows 7?

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  • thanks for the suggestion; I have done that but continue to get the NameError message – RJS Feb 01 '16 at 16:11
  • Hmmm... maybe just confirm the environment variables are correctly configured in PowerShell https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff730964.aspx Does it work in regular windows command prompt? – BenJ Feb 01 '16 at 22:12
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Are you running two versions of python?

I would use a batch file. To try

SET PATH=%PATH%;c:\the\location

python file_name.py

pause

I'd use pause just to see if it works. Remove it if that works.

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