On Apr 28, 3:11 pm, Uncle Ben <b...@greenba.com> wrote: > On Apr 28, 12:28 pm, Uncle Ben <b...@greenba.com> wrote: > > > I have lost the convenient feature that to edit a .py file I could > > right-click on the file name and reach the menu item "Edit with IDLE". > > > The workaround is not hard, but it wouild be nice to get this feature > > back. > > > It happened when I was mungeing around and downloaded Python 2.3.3 in > > addition to Python 2.7.1, and got into trouble until I discovered > > that I was involuntarily RUNNING the older version. So I cleaned it > > out, but still I have this aftermath. > > > Is there a Windows guru out there who can tell be how to add to the > > right-click menu clicking on myfile.py? > > > Uncle Ben > > It was suggested to me privately that I search for > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell, > right_click on "shell", > create a new key called "EDIT with IDLE" > and another called "command python.exe %1" > > Problem: > Searching on the HKEY group as above yields no "shell". > > Did I not do it right, or is there another way? > > (I would think that that command would execute my file, not edit it. > But maybe I will be surprised.) > > (I am running Windows 7, 64-bit.) > > Uncle Ben
Thanks to all for good help. I finally got what I need by altering the original advice (A.W.) slightly. The key to edit was "HKCR/Applications/python.exe/shell", the item is put into the menu in a sub-key labelled "Edit with IDLE", and the command sub-sub-key that works for me is "idle.bat %1" I will keep Andrew Berg's note and use it when I encounter .pyw files. Python's the ninth language I've had to learn. And I love it. Uncle Ben -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list