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kamokoba
kamokoba

Reputation: 597

Trying to test Python on Win 10, getting Errno 2. Path to python is given to the value of env variable

I've installed Python 3.8 on Win 10 machine. Path to Python is C:\Users\userid\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\

Path environment variable values are: C:\Users\userid\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\Scripts\;C:\Users\userid\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\python.exe

In order to test python, I created a simple script called "script.py" in directory C:\python_scripts. Then I tried to run "script.py" from the directory where it is located, but got error:

C:\python_scripts> python script.py
C:\Users\userid\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\python.exe: can't open file 'script.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

What might be the cause of getting this error? i tried to run the script with both cmd and powershell, with the usual user rights and with elevated admin rights, still getting Errno 2.

No other versions of Python have been previously installed on this machine (which is a corporate one, if that might be significant)

Thank you

Upvotes: 0

Views: 111

Answers (1)

kamokoba
kamokoba

Reputation: 597

Thank you @OferSadan for your suggestion to use dir command, it helped me to solve the problem. The "script.py" had an additional .txt extension added to it for some reason, but the Windows explorer only showed .py extension by default. Now I deleted the trailing .txt suffix and the script runs

Upvotes: 1

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