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Adrian1595
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Jul 17, 2021
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BAT file to open cmd prompt, change directory and execute python at that changed folder on Win 10?

I need to open one command prompt window on windows 10, change directory to a specific folder on that same cmd window and get python prompt on that same command prompt window executing python.exe at ...
BAT file
cd to folder
open cmd window
python.exe at that folder
  • gastone's avatar
    gastone
    Jul 18, 2021

    Adrian1595 

     

     

    @echo off
PushD E:\myDir\script
Echo Python prompt in the  folder %cd%
:: If you want to be sure remove the following comment
:: c:\path\to\python\python.exe -c "import os ; cwd=os.getcwd();print(cwd)"
cmd.exe /k c:\path\to\python\python.exe

     

     

     PushD change disk and folder (equivalent to cd E:\myDir\script & E:)

    If python is non in the path enviroment variable you need the full path to python exe ...

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opcris
Copper Contributor
Mar 28, 2023

Adrian1595 

and for those who keep looking:

 

@echo off
cd /d your_path
python.exe
pause

 

Path like this  D:\dir1\dir2

This assumes python is added to PATH

Instead of running python, you can run a python program replacing 'python.exe' with i.e. 'python program.py'

As well maybe you want to activate a virtual environment first (i.e. named 'venv' and placed in the same directory)

@echo off
cd /d your_path
call venv\Scripts\activate
python program.py
pause

The 'pause' command at the end of the script keeps the command prompt window open.

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