Kivy code working fine from the CMD python shell but not from a file saved at Desktop or any location

Question

from kivy.app import App
from kivy.uix.label import Label

class simple(App):
    def build(self):
        return Label(text = "Hello World")

if __name__ == "main__":
    simple().run()

The above code works fine when written in the python CMD shell, but this code does not works when saved in a file.

On CMD python shell:

From IDLE, Sublime Text and different text editors (The file is saved on Desktop):

possible duplicate of [Imports working with raw file, but not in IDLE](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10772847/imports-working-with-raw-file-but-not-in-idle) — svfat, Aug 19 '15 at 12:41
are you tried: http://stackoverflow.com/a/10772923/2419628 ? — svfat, Aug 19 '15 at 12:51

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 30 '15 at 08:40

Here's an answer to my own question. The issue was with the python path. Since I was creating the file on Desktop. It was not reading the python or specifically kivy's path correctly. Solution for this is to create or save the project in a directory inside the python's directory. It worked for me.

Kivy code working fine from the CMD python shell but not from a file saved at Desktop or any location

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