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Add C:\Python27\Scripts to path in Windows 8

I want to add C:\Python27\Scripts to the path in Windows 8. I have here now:

...;C:\Python27\Scripts\

In the directory is a pip.exe and I can run pip when I am in this directory in the CMD. But when I am only in the C:-directory, I can't run pip because this command is unknown.

Solution

  • If you updated the %PATH%, for you to access the files in the new locations that it points to, you need to initialize a new shell.

    Once you've done that pip.exe (or simply, pip) should work.

    In this case your %PATH% should be (or contain) ...;C:\Python27\Scripts\;C:\Python27\;.. for pip and for python to work in cmd.