I am trying to open a file through python that once it is open takes you to a GUI. The link works fine when i just click on it and python seems to locate the file and open it, but the GUI doesn't appear. Please help. This is whay i have been using.
import subprocess
subprocess.Popen("C:/full/path")
I get no track back errors, but the GUI doesn't appear. Thoughts of how I can get it to appear, or what the problem might be?
Thanks
The file you're trying to 'start' is a cmd script. Use this code:
subprocess.Popen("cmd.exe /k C:\full\path\to\file.cmd")
.cmd files are not executable by themselves - you need to invoke cmd.exe to execute them. This is also what windows does when you double-click the file on the desktop.
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I'm trying to run a python script from an elgato streamdeck, the code works properly but everytime i run it through my streamdeck it breifly opens a CMD window.
my goal is to run the script "silently"
I already changed the .py to a .pyw, which should run it without a window opening, but the problem seems to come from the elgato app
Any thoughts on how i could do that ?
runing my python script from a .bat file seems to have fix the issue, thx OneCricketeer :)
I'm a beginner in Python with no prior programming experience, so bear with me here.
I installed Python, started playing with it (typing variables, playing with math operations) in the Shell window and everything is fine. I open a New Window and started writing a simple script. Something like this:
print (1+1)
I press Run Module, and I am asked to name and save the script first. I do so by calling it firstscript.py, and save it to my desktop.
Now I press Run Module, and in the shell window 2 is printed on the screen. Everything is fine. I close Python, and open it up again. Now in the shell window, I type firstscript.py and I get the red message NameError: name 'firstscript' is not defined.
I can run my program only if I open the script file on my desktop and press Run Module from there, but if I try to start it up directly in IDLE Shell by typing its name, I get the error message.
What did I do wrong? Thank you.
Good to see that you are starting with python.
Firstly, you can run the file directly using 'Run Module' only when you have the file open. Once you save the file and quit, you are out of the file editor and back to the terminal.
Simply typing in firstscripty.py will not work as it does not recognize the command.
To run the file from the terminal, use the below code:
python [locationOfFile\]firstscript.py
You can check out this detailed explanation: https://realpython.com/python-idle/#how-to-work-with-python-files
The problem here is the Shell doesnt know that your firstscript.py is sitting on the desktop
The simplest way i suggest using cmd with:
python C:\Users\{your user}\Desktop\firstscript.py
I'm trying to run an executable file called CDQ.exe (which is supposed to create a text file) from within a python script. I'm using os.system(CDQ.exe) to run it. When I start the python script, the program freezes upon the os.system() call. I also don't get the text file. When I opened the task manager, I found CDQ was still running, and it kept running until I ended it.
When I try to run the CDQ.exe from the windows file browser by clicking it twice, the program appears for a couple of seconds in the task manager, then it closes, and my text file appears.
The executable file was created from c++ qt, and I'm using windows.
Does anyone know what's going on?
I want to open a python file in cmder terminal quickly. Currently, the fastest way i know how is to navigate to the directory of the python file in cmder terminal and then run it by calling "python file.py". This is slow and cumbersome. Is there a way for me to have a file or exe, that, when i run it (or drag the program onto it), automatically makes the program run in cmder straight away.
Windows 10
Clarification: I'm using cmder terminal specifically because it supports text coloring. Windows terminal and powershell do not support this.
On windows you can go to the directory with the file in the explorer and then simply hold shift as you right click at the same time. This will open the menu and there you will have the option to use the command shell/powershell and then you don't have to navigate to the directory inside the shell anymore and can just execute the python file.
I hope that helps.
Answer: The escape codes just weren't properly configured for the windows terminals. You can get around this by using colorama's colorama.init(). It should work after that.
I made a python script and it should run all the time on my computer but I want it to be hidden. How can I hide the console so that the user doesn't have to see it in his taskbar the entire time?
I cannot comment as < 50 rep :/
Save the python file as .pyw (This removes the console)
File will run without the console 'hiding' it
Close it by using Taskkill or task manager
EDIT
If you want the program to launch on start up, put a shortcut or the file in the startup file
To get there go to run (Window + R)
and type shell:startup
Copy your file into the directory
If you're on windows or any os you can try this
from editor jump to file >> save as >> yourname.pyw ... then you can run the saved file
what this will do ??
it will basically hide the little noisy terminal/cmd windows ..that's it :)
it will be better if you tells us what op your're on .