On 2011-11-18, W. eWatson <wolftra...@invalid.com> wrote: > On 11/17/2011 4:24 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:03:14 -0800, W. eWatson wrote: >> >>> I have not found any successful way to get to IDLE. It's on on the >>> right-click of a py menu, and, if I go the ...lib/idle.pyw, it fails >>> with a "invalid Win32 app" msg. >> >> If you associate .pyw files with pythonw.exe, and then open idle.pyw, >> does it work? >> >> Failing that, go to your laptop where the associations are right, and see >> what they are, then duplicate the settings on your Windows 7 machine. > > Sounds like a good idea except I've not used associations in so > long under XP, I have no idea where to start. Control Panel. My > Computer Tools?
Open Windows Explorer. With the menu, to to Tools->Folder Options Click the File Types tab in the Folder Options menu. There will be an upper view with registered filed types, and some buttons below far making changes to them. -- Neil Cerutti -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
