Windows: run python command from clickable icon

Question

I have a python script I run using Cygwin and I\'d like to create a clickable icon on the windows desktop that could run this script without opening Cygwin and entering in t

Answer 1

The simplest solution will be creating batch file containing command like:

c:\python27\python.exe c:\somescript.py

With this solution you will have to have installed python interpreter. If you need more portable solution you can try for e.g. py2exe and bundle python scripts into executable file, able to run without requiring a Python installation.