On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 1:25 AM, Rex <rex.eastbou...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Jan 9, 11:51 pm, "Karen Tracey" <kmtra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Rex <rex.eastbou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> ...
> > > I Googled around, and the only thing I found was this comment:
> >
> > > "you have to change the file association from (cant remember) to "%1″
> > > %* and it should work"
> > > Source:
> > >http://i.justrealized.com/2008/04/08/how-to-install-python-and-django.
> ..
> >
> > > Does anyone understand what this means?
> >
> > I do, but I don't have Vista so I can't give you step-by-step
> instructions
> > for changing the file associations there.  On earlier levels you would do
> > something like Start->Settings->Control Panel->Folder Options, then
> select
> > "File Types" tab, then find .py in the list, click "Advanced" button,
> select
> > the "open" action and click the "Edit" button,  and put that "%1″ %*
> string
> > at the end replacing whatever follows the actual "c:\path\to\python.exe".
>  I
> > have no idea if the procedure under Vista is similar or substantially
> > different.
> >
> > Karen
>
> Thanks Karen. Unfortunately, those instructions don't seem to apply to
> Vista. I also tried poking around in Control Panel > Default Programs,
> but nothing is turning up there either.
>
> Does anyone know how this is done on Vista?
>

A little Googling on "vista file associations edit" seems to indicate you
either have to edit the Windows registry directly or find (or write)
yourself some utility program that offers the function. It's apparently a
function no longer available from the OS-provided GUI.

Karen

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