How to write a script (for Windows XP) to run a python program?

Question

Basically, I'd like to run a script (versus typing python program.py) or even have a shortcut that I could click on and start the program. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Try using a batch file (.bat).

Type in whatever commands you want to execute in the proper order, in notepad, such as:

python program.py

Save the file as iHateTyping.bat

Open the command prompt using Run.

Go to the directory where you saved the file using cd.

Type in:

iHateTyping.bat

& you're done.

I encourage you to read more about batch files in the link highlighted above.

Answer 2

Use py2exe to create a portable windows executable file.

Answer 3

ctrl+r->python.py

Answer 4

From python.org:

On Windows systems, there is no notion of an “executable mode”. The Python installer automatically associates .py files with python.exe so that a double-click on a Python file will run it as a script. The extension can also be .pyw, in that case, the console window that normally appears is suppressed.

Also from python.org:

On Windows 2000, the standard Python installer already associates the .py extension with a file type (Python.File) and gives that file type an open command that runs the interpreter (D:\Program Files\Python\python.exe "%1" %*). This is enough to make scripts executable from the command prompt as ‘foo.py’. If you’d rather be able to execute the script by simple typing ‘foo’ with no extension you need to add .py to the PATHEXT environment variable.