Making Python scripts run on Windows without specifying “.py” extension

Question

I want to able to open a command prompt at the folder which contains a python script and just type in the script name without the .py and watch it run.

Following the

Answer 1

Modify the PATHEXT variable to include Python scripts. For example, here's mine:

PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC;.PY

You can do this every time you open a command console, or just modify your user global environment variables so that every instance of cmd.exe will include it.