appcfg.py is not running with cmd prompt (Windows 7)
Question: I am having strange problem. I used to run appcfg.py to update my app to
appengine but now its not working anymore. When I run this command

    
    
    C:\Program Files <x86>\Google\google_appengine>appcfg.py update E:\path\myApp\
    

Its not giving me anything, no error no feedback. Its just back to this line

    
    
    C:\Program Files <x86>\Google\google_appengine>
    

Any idea about this issue!

P.S. I'm using Python 2.7. My code is updating through google app launcher but
I need to run it from cmd prompt as I will be downloading/uploading appengine
stuff which launcher doesn't allow me to do!

Thanks


Answer: I still had a little trouble with the instructions. Here's the steps I used to
create a batch file to use the Google App Engine download_app with Windows 7.

In my example,

  * I'll use drive, **C:**
  * Default python path will be, **C:\Python27\python.exe**
  * GAE path (include "), **"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\google_appengine\appcfg.py"**
  * App ID **{your_app_id}** will be just your app-id name
  * **{your_app_version}** is the "Version:" number in your GAE app.yaml file
  * I'll create a folder on my Windows 7 desktop and call it **GAE_App**
  * The desktop folder path will be **C:\Users\\{username}\Desktop\GAE_App**
  * **{your email}** will be the Gmail account connected to your GAE

Right-click on the desktop and select New->Text Document. Open the newly
created text document and add the following line of code modified for your
setup to the blank text document,

    
    
    C:\Python27\python.exe "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\google_appengine\appcfg.py" download_app -A {your_app_id} -V {your_app_version} --email={your email} C:\Users\{username}\Desktop\GAE_App
    

Save the text document and change the file name to **GAE_Download.bat**

It's important that the extension now says ".bat" instead of ".txt"

Once finished, click on the batch to execute it. You'll be asked for a
password and then the files should download into the **GAE_App** folder on
your desktop. Now, whenever you need to download your files, just click on the
batch file.

Not sure why Google didn't simply include this feature with their GAE for
Windows software.

