Can't run Python from cmd line

Question

I am a programming (and Python) novice. I am unable to run any python script in command prompt of my WinXP 64-bit laptop. I assigned the path and confirmed it by typing set

Answer 1

Do it like this:

Go the directory(python32 in my example) and type python hello.py.

If you only type python in cmd then it'll launch the python interpreter after that python hello.py will return Syntax error.