How to run a script on Windows XP

[funso]

I am just starting out. When I put this statement: "Hello World!" into a script and ran it on d terminal, this was what I got:
C:Python27\pyth on.exe: can't find '-main-' module in 'hello.py', instead of giving me the content of the folder named hello.py. What could be the problem?

[WooDoo]

Have you added a Environment Variable for python in windows and it is pointing to your python.exe?

[funso]

Re: how to run a script

Have you added a Environment Variable for python in windows and it is pointing to your python.exe?

Yes I've done that. In actual fact, I can do some other things like using the built-in commands.

[WooDoo]

Can you run the script in IDE?