I haven't tried this on Windows 7 yet, but what I did on my Mac was to create shortcuts and rename those. I generally launch from shortcuts, so this leaves the app names alone but gives me the information I need to launch what I intend. You should be able to do something similar on Windows.
regards, Bill On Feb 3, 2011, at 12:18 PM, Patty wrote: > Hello Folks - I have Python 2.6.6 on my Windows 7 system and installed Python > 3.2. Now I want to be able to differentiate between the versions and the > icon for each version of Python is the same. I figured I would change the > the four application files in the C:\Python26 directory - python; python26; > pythonw; pythonw26 - and give them new picture icons. But when I select any > of these files and choose 'properties', there is no option to change the > application icon. I looked online but the questions were not exactly the > same as this one and pertained to earlier versions of Python anyway. I > discovered this when I was trying to associate a folder with 2.6 based > programs so that it would always execute the programs with the python 2.6 > .exe. And both Pythons come up as a choice with no details indicating which > is which, except a lucky guess. > > It does appear that I can change the actual name of the application (the > field with the name allows me to edit) but that is not what I wanted to do, > also unsure if that would cause a problem in other parts of the application > down the road if I was changing names like that. > > Thanks for suggestions - > Patty > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
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