part igetting started with python third method to access python is to open command prompttype pythonand press enter you can use this approach when you want to gain additional flexibility over the python environmentautomatically load itemsor execute python in higher-privilege environment (in which you gain additional security rightspython provides significant array of command-line options that you can see by typing python /at the command prompt and pressing enter figure - shows what you typically see don' worry too much about these command-line options -you won' need them for this bookbut it' helpful to know they exist figure - using standard command line offers the flexibility of using switches to change the way python works to use this third method of executing pythonyou must include python in the windows path this is why you want to choose the add python exe to path option when installing python on windows if you didn' add the path during installationyou can add it afterward using the instructions found in the adding location to the windows path article on my blog