anaconda - path environment variable in windows

Question

I am trying to run python from the windows command prompt (windows 10). So the result is the typical one when the path environment variable is not configured

 c:\windows\system32>python 'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable  program or batch file 

however, I am not sure which is the right directory I should set up in the path variable.

I tried a few variations, and none of them work, including:

c:\users\xxx\anaconda3 c:\users\xxx\anaconda3\Scripts c:\users\xxx\anaconda3\libs\python34 

and none of them works.

Does anyone have experience with this particular system constellation (windows, anaconda). Thanks.

Answer 1

it turns out I was mistaken.

Solution is: in anaconda (as well as in other implementations), set the path environment variable to the directory where 'python.exe' is installed.

As a default, the python.exe file in anaconda is in:

c:\.....\anaconda 

after you do that, obviously, the python command works, in my case, yielding the following.

python Python 3.4.3 |Anaconda 2.2.0. (64|bit)|(default, Nov 7 2015), etc, etc