New Python student needs help with execution

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I installed 2.7.9 on a Win8.1 machine. The Coursera instructor did a simple install then executed Python from a file in which he'd put a simple hello world script.  My similar documents folder cannot see the python executable.  How do I make this work?

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New Python student needs help with execution c me <azrocknroll@gmail.com> - 2015-06-10 21:50 -0700
  Re: New Python student needs help with execution Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-06-11 08:32 +0100
  Re: New Python student needs help with execution Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-06-11 10:52 +0200
  Re: New Python student needs help with execution Chris Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2015-06-11 16:03 +0200
  Re: New Python student needs help with execution Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-06-11 17:48 +0200

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