"helloworld!program would look like thismicrosoft windows [version ( microsoft corporation all rights reserved :\users\al>python hello py helloworldc:\users\alrunning python (or python without any filename will cause python to launch the interactive shell running python programs on windows there are few other ways you can run python programs on windows instead of opening terminal window to run your python scriptsyou can press win- to open the run dialog box and enter py :\path\to\your \pythonscript pyas shown in figure - the py exe program is installed at :\windows\py exewhich is already in the path environment variableand typing the exe file extension is optional when running programs figure - the run dialog on windows the downside of this method is that you must enter the full path to your script alsowhile running your python script from the dialog box will open new terminal window to display its outputthis window will automatically close when the program endsand you might miss some output you can solve these problems by creating batch scriptwhich is small text file with the bat file extension that can run multiple terminal commandsmuch like shell script in macos and linux you can use text editor such as notepad to create these files to make batch filemake new text file containing single linelike this@py exe :\path\to\your\pythonscript py %@pause running programs