On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:55:36 -0800, W. eWatson wrote: > Months ago 2.5.2 stopped functioning on my Win7 PC, so a few days ago I > uninstalled and installed. Same problem. If one right-clicks on a py > file, IDLE is not shown in the menu as Edit with IDLE. After playing > with matters I gave up, and uninstalled 2.5.2 and turned to 2.7.2. Same > results.
I find I get better results when I stop "playing with matters" and start treating them seriously :) If you need help fixing the file associations on your Windows 7 machine, you'll probably get better advice on a dedicated Windows forum. Or even by googling for instructions: https://duckduckgo.com/html/?q=how%20to%20fix%20windows%207%20file%20associations > If I look at a 2.4 install on my laptop, I get the desired reference to > Edit with IDLE. So you're saying that Python is working on one laptop, but not on another machine? Okay. Great. What's your point? You have a messed up installation on your Windows 7 box, and a working installation on your laptop. What would you like us to do? Commiserate? Laugh? Look into a crystal ball and tell you what you did wrong? Can you run Python from the command line? If so, that tells you that Python is installed and working correctly. If Python is installed, then it sounds like a matter of getting the file associates fixed in the registry. Good luck. > My guess is that Win 7 is behind this. If so, it's good-bye Python. > > Comments? Why not good-bye Windows 7? This being Windows, have you run a virus scan with up to date definitions? Then run a *second* scan, using a completely different scanner, because no scanner can catch all viruses? And then run a good anti-spyware program. All of which will be irrelevant 99 times out of 100, but you could be the 1% ... -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
