[SOLVED] `python` in CMD returns " `python` is not recognized ..."

`python` in CMD returns " `python` is not recognized ..."

Python 2.7 is installed on C:/Python27 (through python(x,y) package). Windows 8.1 x64. How do I make Python 2.7 run from CMD ?

I want to do this as I am following "Learn Python The Hard Way" book and I got stuck on Excercise 0: The Setup.

I have tried:

Powershell [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "$env:Path;C:\Python27", "User")
Adding Python to Windows PATH (both through the Control Panel and terminal).
Copying a python.bat file with @C:\Python27\python.exe %* to the system32.
Running CMD both as adminstrator and the regualr way.
Restarting CMD and PC between operations.

Both python and call python executed in CMD return 'python' is not recognized message. If I enter in CMD C:\Python27\python.exe then Python starts properly.

User variable Path for me:

C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\OpenCL SDK\2.0\bin\x86;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\OpenCL SDK\2.0\bin\x64;C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin;C:\Program Files\Calibre2\;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\OpenCL SDK\2.0\bin\x86;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\OpenCL SDK\2.0\bin\x64;C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin;C:\Program Files\Calibre2\;C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4;C:\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\;C:\Python27;C:\Python27\DLLs;C:\Python27\Scripts;C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\vtk;C:\Python27\gnuplot\binary;C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\osgeo;C:\Program Files (x86)\pythonxy\SciTE-3.3.2-3;C:\Program Files (x86)\pythonxy\console;C:\MinGW32-xy\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\pythonxy\swig;C:\Program Files (x86)\pythonxy\gettext\bin

System variable Path:

C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\OpenCL SDK\2.0\bin\x86;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\OpenCL SDK\2.0\bin\x64;C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\bin;C:\Program Files\Calibre2\;C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\PyQt4;C:\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\;C:\Python27;C:\Python27\DLLs;C:\Python27\Scripts;C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\vtk;C:\Python27\gnuplot\binary;C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\osgeo;C:\Program Files (x86)\pythonxy\SciTE-3.3.2-3;C:\Program Files (x86)\pythonxy\console;C:\MinGW32-xy\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\pythonxy\swig;C:\Program Files (x86)\pythonxy\gettext\bin

Solution

Solved by not using python(x,y). I decided to switch because I did read that author of python(x,y) did not rely on official packages. Installed Anaconda - everything works.