Geany unable to execute Python

Question

I'm not a great coder, in fact I'm just trying to learn, but I can't get Geany to regonise Python in my system (Windows 7) when I try to execute the program. When I click Execute, it opens a command prompt saying: 'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file How can I fix this?

Accepted Answer

Add the Python executable to your PATH. For example, I have Python installed at:

```
C:\Program Files\Python 3.2
```

So press Win + Pause/Break, and go to "Advanced System Settings":

Click "Environment Variables" at the bottom, add a new user variable called `PYTHONDIR`, and set it to your Python installation directory:

Then, look for another variable there called `PATH`. If there isn't one, create one and give it the value `%PYTHONDIR%`; otherwise, append `;%PYTHONDIR` to the existing one. It should work fine now.

Geany unable to execute Python

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