When trying to start a project with django using : django-admin.py startproject a pop up window opens asking to choose a default program to use.
The two main programs it shows are : Visual studio and Notepad.
I have already set the python in 'PATH' and same with the pip which i used to install django.
What should I do to fix that?
Thanks.
run
python <PATH>/django-admin.py startproject
your system is not configured to run .py files. read here
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First timer here with Django and I am running into some issues trying to start the site with the Windows command prompt django-admin startproject mysite
My pip install worked as I can import the module and check the Django version. I am also running Python version 3.6...
>>> import django
>>> print(django.get_version())
2.0.4
I also created a directory on my windows machine so my windows command prompt looks like this:
C:\Users\b\Documents\Python\Django>django-admin startproject mysite
But I am getting an error 'django-admin' is not a recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.'
Any tips to try??? Thanks
Add in the PATH for Django-admin
Open:
Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> PATH.
Click new as shown above and then find in your Windows machine where the django-admin files live in the hidden directory for the Python SCRIPTS.
On my machine its here:
C:\Users\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\Scripts
Enter in PATH and your directory as shown below, then viola it should work
It looks like your django command utility is not registered in your systems path (the environment variable PATH in your windows system).
Have you looked into this post ? There are some pointers to get your machine up and running.
It worked when I did the poll tutorial in linux, but I'm doing it again in Windows 7, and it does nothing.
I already set the environmental variables, and set the file association to my python27.exe
When I run django-admin.py startproject mysite from the DOS command prompt, it executes, but it's showing me all the information (Like the options, etc) as though I typed the help option instead. It's not actually creating project files in my directory. I appreciate the help.
also, I tried the solution found here (it appears to be the exact same problem).
It did not work
django-admin.py is not working properly
I ran into the same problem.
Never having worked with Django before but having worked with Python 2.7 a fair bit, all on a windows 7 platform. I downloaded the latest version of Django and unpacked it on my desktop.
After mucking around a bit managed to get it to install itself. I found could not just follow the tutorial thats provided in the docs googled the problem and found this thread, now I was able to get it to work by doing the following things,
I work with a dos command window open. I navigate to the root of where I want the project file to be set up. I then ensure that the django_admin file has been editted as per wynston's instructions and then typed the following.
python c:\location of django_admin.py startproject projectname
and it executed beautifully.
*Thanks to wynston for the edit to the django_admin.py file.
Try to run python27 django-admin.py startproject mysite from the command line,maybe a different (older) python.exe executes the django-admin.py file. If there's a program associated to the .py files, things mixes up, and your path environment variable doesn't matter.
I suggest you to use virtualenv. When you use it, you should put the python.exe before every .py file you want to run, because the install of python will associate .py files to the installed python.exe, and will use that, whatever is in your path. :(
Change the first line of django-admin.py #!/usr/bin/env python to for example
#!D:\Program Files\Python\python.exe (Where you install your python.exe,that's my directory), it works.
Use python django-admin.py startproject mysite. That worked for me some time ago when I had the same issue.
The solution is simple in Windows:
1-Go to C: \ Python34 \ Scripts
2-Right click on django-admin.py
3-Select open with
4-Select default program
5-Select Laucher Python for Windows (Console)
6- Run the command in CMD Windows python django-admin.py startproject mysite
Great answers. But unfortunately it did not work for me. This is how I solved it
Opened django_admin.py as #wynston said. But the path at first line was already showing #!C:\ correctly. So did not had to change it
I had to put "..." around django-admin.py address. Navigated to the project directory in cmd.exe and ran this
python "C:\Users\ ......\Scripts\django-admin.py" startproject projectname
It worked only with the quotation marks. I am using Anaconda Python 2.7 64 bit, on Windows 7, 64 bit. Hope it helps
Just started trying to learn Python and Django today. Following their documentations I was able to install Python and Django and got them up and running. I'm running Apache 2.2 on on Windows 7 by the way.
I got to the part in the official tutorial that tells me to cd to the directory I want for my project and run this command
django-admin.py startproject mysite
However I can't just run that command as is. I need to run it like this
python c:\Python27\Scripts\django-admin.py startproject mysite
Am I suppose to type out the whole thing like this? Or is there some settings I miss that will let me run the .py file without the python C:\Python27\Scripts\ part in front?
If you want to just be able to type django-admin.py, two things need to be set up:
The directory containing it needs to be in your PATH.
You need to make sure that the .py extension is associated with the Python interpreter. This is normally done during the installation of Python.
How to set the PATH on Windows 7: http://geekswithblogs.net/renso/archive/2009/10/21/how-to-set-the-windows-path-in-windows-7.aspx
How to make sure .py is associated with Python: http://docs.python.org/faq/windows.html
Try running:
python django-admin.py startproject mysite
If that don't work, try adding C:\Python27\ to the command search path
I just went to create a new django project and I typed django-admin.py startproject my_project into the command prompt and it opened the django-admin.py file in my ide (komodo edit).
This happens every time I run this command in any form, even if I just try django-admin.py. Any ideas what's going on and how I fix it?
I'm on Win Xp with django 1.2.1
It sounds like you associated .py files with Komodo Edit instead of with python.exe. The simplest workaround is to type "python django-admin.py ..." to execute the admin.
You can look in your Explorer options to change the association. There's a right-click menu option I think called "Open With..." that will let you change it.
I'm learning django and I did successfully start a site on Windows XP by following the tutorial.
However, on Windows 7 when I issued:
django-admin.py startproject mysite
python.exe was started and a window appeared to ask me to choose either python.exe or other program to open a file....
Did I do anything wrong or there are more tricks for windows 7?
That's already been reported to the django, see http://bugs.python.org/issue7936
And these's an solution:
open regedit and find python.exe like this
"C:\Python26\python.exe" "%1"
change it to
"C:\Python26\python.exe" "%1" %*
This is what worked for me:
I already had c:\python27 and c:\python27\Scripts in PATH.
Copy django-admin.py and django-admin-script.py from c:\python27\Scripts to your desired folder
with cmd go to that folder and run > django-admin startproject mysite
Note that if I doesn't type python windows just opens the django-admin.py in editor.
I had the same error when I ran django-admin.py on the command prompt. I couldn't create a projects.
I tried to run Regedit by using Find to Search python.exe and then adding %% but it was not sufficient.
I then added the necessary Path to the System PATH as shown below.
Open:
Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> PATH.
Add to the PATH:
C:\Python27\python.exe;C:\Python27\Scripts;C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\django\bin
It Work! Now I can Create Django Projects and applications Using Command on Windows 7.
In latest django(1.11.7 for now) , simple django-admin would work, instead of django-admin.py .
I had the same problem i followed django-admin.py startproject mysite not working well on windows 7
and found that the python files still associated with my text editor.
Changing the necessary registry keys fix the issue.
I also had the same problem but don't worry its simple to solve this problem, just add "C:\Users\Nik's\myenv\Scripts" to the enviroment veriables and its done.
The address may be differnt in your pc as it depends where you install it.
Change the first line of django-admin.py #!/usr/bin/env python to for example #!D:\Program Files\Python\python.exe (Where you install your python.exe,that's my directory); it works.
The solution is simple in Windows:
1-Go to C: \ Python34 \ Scripts
2-Right click on django-admin.py
3-Select open with
4-Select default program
5-Select Laucher Python for Windows (Console)
6- Run the command in CMD Windows python django-admin.py startproject mysite
In Windows 8.1, I faced the same problem. In my case when I tried to create my project, it would open the contents of the page in Internet Explorer window rather than creating the project folder. I became curious of what exactly was this django-manage.py. After searching, I got to django-admin.py file in the path C:\Python34\Scripts and I right clicked on it chose to open with default program of Launcher Python for Windows(Console).
Again I got back to the CMD and in my project directory I entered:
django-admin.py startproject mysite
And worked just fine.!!!
I have faced the same issue and when I ran the Python installer again and clicked on the repair option, it magically fixed everything for me. Now, I can run django-admin straight from CMD.
first of all make sure that python/Scripts is in your path
run "django-admin startproject mysite" instead of "django-admin.py startproject mysite"
I get the same problem for Windows 10. Here is how I resolve it:
I run the terminal CMD with administrator right. How to do that ? Right click on the terminal and click on Run as administrator.
I install django by doing: python -m pip install django. You can check that django is really installed by doing: python -m pip freeze. If you see django in the list, then django is installed.
Finally, I create my django project by doing: django-admin startproject project-name.
NB: For step 3, you don't need the terminal with administrator right.