On Nov 17, 10:31 pm, "W. eWatson" <wolftra...@invalid.com> wrote: > On 11/17/2011 9:39 AM, John Gordon wrote:> In<ja3eae$r...@dont-email.me> "W. > eWatson"<wolftra...@invalid.com> writes: > > >> 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'm not sure I'd describe the lack of IDLE in a context menu as > > "python not functioning". > > Well, yes, and I can run it from the command line. > > >> If I look at a 2.4 install on my laptop, I get the desired reference to > >> Edit with IDLE. > > >> My guess is that Win 7 is behind this. If so, it's good-bye Python. > > This has been a nagging problem for far too long. I see no reason why a > simple install should make such a difference with the way I get to IDLE. > Maybe few people here like IDLE, but for my minimal needs, it's just fine. > > > > > It was working originally, right? So the problem can't really just be > > Win 7. > > I installed it about April 2010, and it worked for months. I then > stopped using it until around July 2011. It no longer worked in the IDLE > sense. > > Who really knows? > > > > > Can you add IDLE manually to the associated applications list? > > Tried that by sending it directly to idle.pyw, but then trying to get > there through the Edit with menu caused a "invalid Win32 app."
idle.pyw is not executable in Windows, but you can right-click it, open, browse to pythonw.exe. Then it should work. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
