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Python: print("Hello Python World!") Error Message

#1

New to Python- Did the Hello World code - It worked seamlessly on apple computer. I cannot seem to get it to work on my windows machine - it has been weeks and still nothing- I keep getting this error message below- Can someone please help. Thank you

[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified
[cmd: [‘python3’, ‘-u’, ‘C:\Users\kirtm\OneDrive\Desktop\python_work\hello_world.py’]]
[dir: C:\Users\kirtm\OneDrive\Desktop\python_work]
[path: C:\windows\system32;C:\windows;C:\windows\System32\Wbem;C:\windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\windows\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Users\kirtm\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Scripts;C:\Users\kirtm\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310;C:\Users\kirtm\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;]
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#2

On Windows the Python executable is named python, not python3. The custom sublime-build file you’ve created needs to be updated.

Generally speaking, you probably want to use the build that ships with Sublime and not a custom one.

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#3

Wow, problem solved- it worked now, thank you.

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