Issues

[Mats Wichmann]

On 4/8/22 14:24, MRAB wrote:
> On 2022-04-08 20:35, Stevenson, John B via Python-list wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> As a quick disclaimer, I am sorry if you have received this message
>> multiple times over from me. I've been having technical difficulties
>> trying to reach this email. Thank you.
>>
>> I'm trying to install Python on a computer so that I can use it for
>> various tasks for my job, like mapping and programming. But it's not
>> downloading the necessary files into the right repository for me to
>> run Python commands in a command prompt. I can open the Python app
>> just fine, but I cannot use it in the terminal, and this messes with
>> pip and prevents me from doing my task. What can I do to fix this?
>> Error sent back is "'python' is not recognized as an internal or
>> external command, operable program or batch file." Thank you.
>>
> Try the Python Launcher instead by typing "py" instead of "python".

And read this:

https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html#launcher

(other parts of the page will probably be useful to you as well)