On Nov 18, 10:12 pm, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > On 18/11/2011 15:29, W. eWatson wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 11/18/2011 5:11 AM, Neil Cerutti wrote: > >> 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. > > > OK, I've found that. I see > > Py > > Pyc > > Pyo > > Pyw > > If I click on each, it basically it gives a short description of each. > > If I click advanced, there's more info. For example for py, Actions are > > IDLE and Open. > > > What does this tell me that's relevant to Win7? > > > If on Win7, I go to Default Programs I see under associations various > > python items. Py shows Unknown application. Since installing 2.7.2 I > > have not messed with these associations. If I right-click on Unknown, I > > see Notepad and python.exe for choices to open the file. I want neither. > > Why isn't IDLE listed there? > > > If I right-click on junk.py, I see "Open with". Notepad and python.exe > > are choices. However, that menu allows me to choose something else. For > > example, Adobe Reader, or Internet Explorer. I suppose the next question > > is should I use the browse there and try to connect to IDLE in > > ...\Lib\idlelib? My guess is that if I do, I will run into the "invalid > > Win32 app", when I try to use it. > > You can't associate .py with Idle because Idle is a Python script, not > an executable (an .exe). > > Have a look > here:http://superuser.com/questions/68852/change-windows-7-explorer-edit-c... > > In my PC's registry (Windows XP, but Windows 7 should be similar or the > same) it has the entry: > > Key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Python.File\shell\Edit with IDLE\command > Value: "C:\Python31\pythonw.exe" "C:\Python31\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw" -n > -e "%1" > > Note how it actually associates the Edit action of Python files with an > .exe file.
The tools -> folder options approach is the user-friendly approach -- when it works. The 'Correct the registry' is the muscular approach -- it will set right everything iff you are a wizard. In between the two is assoc and ftype see http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ftype.mspx?mfr=true http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/assoc.mspx?mfr=true -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list