title: How can I open a Python shell at a network path in Windows?
body: <p>How can I open a Python interpreter at a specific network path in Windows?</p>
  
  <p>In the Explorer address bar the path is in UNC form: <code>\\myhost\myshare\...</code>.</p>
  
  <p>I can't work out how to change to this directory from the Windows command line, nor in what format I could pass it as an argument to <code>os.chdir</code>.</p>
  
  <p>I'm running Python 2.5 on Windows XP. IDLE is installed.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>