A question about script readers and python

[sparkz_alot]

but having troubles with getting them to run with python

Could you be more specific please?  I presume, since your using Notepad++, your on the Windows OS. Are your Environmental Variables set correctly? How exactly are you trying to 'run' them?

If you open a command terminal and type 'python' 'Enter", do you see something similar to:

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]
(c) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\>python
Python 3.6.2 (v3.6.2:5fd33b5, Jul  8 2017, 04:57:36) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>

If you have a short script, such as:

print("Hello World")

if you double click it, by default, if will open a command window, print 'Hello World' to the window, then close.  This will happen so fast that you will think it did not happen at all.