How can I add a python script to the windows system path?

Question

I'm using windows cmd to run my python script. I want to run my python script withouth to give the cd command and the directory path. I would like to type only the name of the python script and run it.

I'm using python 2.7

Answer 1

1.Go to Environmental Variables > system variable > Path > Edit

2.It look like this

Path C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0\\bin;%SystemRoot%\\system32;C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\;

3.You can add semicolon (;) at the end and add C:\\Python27

4.After adding it look like this

C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0\\bin;%SystemRoot%\\system32;C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\;C:\\Python27;

Answer 2

Create batch file inside the script's directory.

@echo off
echo.
python %~dp0\<script-name>.py %*

Put the above lines inside of it. And change according the script you want to run.

" %~dp0 " is unique variable witch returns batch file's directory.

" % *" are the arguments passed through.

os.chdir(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))

Also put the above line inside the script. The code above changes your python script's working directory to it's own directory. "sys.argv[0]" always returns path of the script itself.

And add your script to Enviroment Variables. And run from command prompt using the batch file's name.

Answer 3

Make sure .py files are associated with the Python launcher C:\\Windows\\py.exe or directly with eg 'C:\\Python27\\python.exe then edit your PATHEXT environment variable using (System Properties) to add ;.PY` at the end. You can now launch Python files in the current directory by typing their name.

To be able to launch a given Python script from any directory, you can either put it in a directory that's already on the PATH , or add a new directory to PATH (I like creating a bin directory in my user folder and adding %USERPROFILE%\\bin to PATH) and put it there.

Note that this is more a "how do I use Windows" question rather than a Python question.