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Tweak to Windows 8 installation
Thanks to Adam Stradling.
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@@ -39,15 +39,18 @@ Variables+ button on the bottom right.
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. Restart your system. Vista didn't pick up the system path environment variable change until I
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restarted.
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For Windows 7:
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For Windows 7 and 8:
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. Right click on Computer from your desktop and select +Properties+ or click +Start+ and choose
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+Control Panel+ -> +System and Security+ -> +System+. Click on +Advanced system settings+ on the
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left and then click on the +Advanced+ tab. At the bottom click on +Environment Variables+ and under
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+System variables+, look for the +PATH+ variable, select and then press +Edit+.
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. Go to the end of the line under Variable value and append `;C:\Python33`.
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. If the value was `%SystemRoot%\system32;` It will now become `%SystemRoot%\system32;C:\Python33`
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. Click +OK+ and you are done. No restart is required.
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. Go to the end of the line under Variable value and append `;C:\Python27` (please verify that this
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folder exists, it will be different for newer versions of Python) to the end of what is already
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there. Of course, use the appropriate folder name.
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. If the value was `%SystemRoot%\system32;` It will now become `%SystemRoot%\system32;C:\Python27`
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. Click +OK+ and you are done. No restart is required, however you may have to close and reopen the
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command line.
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==== Running Python prompt on Windows
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