python is not recognized as an internal or external command

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So I have recently installed Python Version 2 7 5 and I have made a little loop thing with it but the problem is  when I go to cmd and type python testloop py I get the error        python  is not recognized as an internal or external command   I have tried setting the path but no avail   Here is my path      C  Program Files Python27   As you can see  this is where my Python is installed  I don t know what else to do  Can someone help

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I have met same issue when I install Python  and it is resolved when I set a PATH in system  here are the steps    Navigate to  Control Panel  -   System  Click  Advanced system settings  on the left Click  Environment Variables  Search and click  Path  variable Click  Edit  Add  C   to the environment variables field  if you are using Windows7  then separate it by a semicolon from the existing entry  If you are using Windows10  just simply click  New  to add  Reopen the Command Prompt and try enter image description here

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i solved this by running CMD in administration mode  so try this

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Type py -v instead of python -v in command prompt

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If you want to see python version then you should use py -V instead of python -V     C  Users ghasan py -V      Python 3 7 1   If you want to go to python s running environment then you should use py instead of python     C  Users ghasan py      Python 3 7 1  v3 7 1 260ec2c36a  Oct 20 2018  14 57 15   MSC v 1915 64   bit  AMD64   on win32      Type  help    copyright    credits  or  license  for more information    Here you can run the python program as      print  Hello Python        Hello Python

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Firstly  be sure where your python directory  It is normally in C  Python27  If yours is different then change it from the below command   If after you install it python still isn   t recognized  then in PowerShell enter this       Environment   SetEnvironmentVariable  Path     env Path C  Python27      User     Close PowerShell and then start it again to make sure Python now runs  If it doesn   t  restart may be required

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Open CMD with administrative access Right click then run as administrator  then type the following command there   set PYTHONPATH  PYTHONPATH  C  My python lib   Replace My python lib with the folder name of your installed python like for me it was C  python27  Then to check if the path variable is set  type echo  PATH  you ll see your python part in the end  Hence now python is accessible  From this tutorial

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You need to add that folder to your Windows Path   https   docs python org 2 using windows html Taken from this question

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Another helpful but simple solution might be restarting your computer after doing the download if Python is in the PATH variable  This has been a mistake I usually make when downloading Python onto a new machine

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I have installed python 3 7 4  First  I tried python in my command prompt  It was saying that  Python is not recognized command         Then I tried  py  command and it works    My sample command is   py hacker py

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If you uninstalled then re-installed  and running  python  in CLI  make sure to open a new CMD after your installation for  python  to be recognized   py  will probably be recognized with an old CLI because its not tied to any version

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I have found the answer    click on the installer and check the box  Add python to environment variables  DO NOT uninstall the old one rather click on modify    Click on link for picture

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It was a bit more confusing with the Python instructions once SQL Server 2019 was installed with Python    The actual path I find is as follows   C  Program Files  x86  Microsoft Visual Studio Shared Python37 64   Scripts run with an Execute command   Declare  script nvarchar max  N print 11-2   execute sp execute external script  language   N Python    script    script   There is additional documentation in reference to SQL 2019 s version of Python   There is a statement that recommends PIP be used only from a download of sqlmutils-x x x zip located on git  https   www github com Microsoft sqlmutils    But there is a caveat   Currently this only works for R and not for Python  Anaconda and consequently pip    Python over SQL works but pip is not yet available    11 25 2019   Would be great to get an update when this occurs

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From the Python docs  set the PATH like you did as above      You should arrange for Python   s installation directory to be added to the PATH of every command window as it starts  If you installed Python fairly recently then the command dir C  py  will probably tell you where it is installed  the usual location is something like C  Python27  Otherwise you will be reduced to a search of your whole disk        Use Tools   Find or hit the Search button and look for    python exe     Supposing you discover that Python is installed in the C  Python27 directory  the default at the time of writing   you should make sure that entering the command   Then execute the Python command using the full path name to make sure that works

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Try  py  instead of  python  from command line      C  Users Cpsa py   Python 3 4 1  v3 4 1 c0e311e010fc  May 18 2014  10 38 22   MSC v 1600 32 bit  Intel   on win32   Type  help    copyright    credits  or  license  for more information

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Option 1   Select on add environment var during installation Option 2   Go to C  Users-  AppData  hidden file  -  Local Programs Python Python38-32 depends on version installed  Scripts Copy path  and add to env vars path   For me this path worked   C  Users Username AppData Local Programs Python Python38-32 Scripts

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