Installed correctly

[John Machin]

Ray wrote:
> I've just installed Python 2.4.3 on windows 2000. On the download page
> it says that if python is installed the version number will be
> displayed if you enter "python" in a command line window, but that
> does not happen - it just says "unrecognized command". Rebooting does
> not help.
>
> So is it correctly installed? I installed it under "program
> files/python" instead of the default location C:\python, since I don-t
> like to have the root of C: cluttered with stuff, are there any
> problems with this?

Your recollection that the default was C:\python is [I hope] faulty; it
*should* have been C:\Python24

You probably need to add "C:\Program Files\Python" (if that's where you
installed it) to your Windows path.

HTH, 
John