i am trying to open it by just left clicking the file in file explorer and
i tried right clicking it and then pressing open with python 3.9.1 64-bit
On Thu, 31 Dec 2020 at 00:52, Mats Wichmann <m...@wichmann.us> wrote:
> On 12/30/20 2:14 PM, BearGod777 wrote:
> > every time i try and open a .py file it just ciomes up with either
> modify,
> > uninstall or repair. i have tried every single one of these and i have
> > tried to install another version (it couldnt run on that version) and it
> > just doesnt load up. if i try and open a new file it works but if i try
> and
> > open a file that my friend made it just comes up with those options.
> please
> > help
>
> you're rerunning the installer, don't do that.
>
> that sounds rude. but isn't meant to be. somehow in recent times, the
> installer program - whose job it is indeed to install, uninstall, repair
> - is getting picked up by Windows when you try to run Python in certain
> ways - the installer should certainly not be getting associated with .py
> files as the way to run them. It might help diagnose how this happens if
> you describe what you're doing ("try and open a .py file" doesn't say
> enough, how are you trying to open it?)
>
> open a command shell (cmd.exe or powershell) and run your script foo.py
> with "py foo.py", assuming you chose to install the Python Launcher,
> which you should do if using the Python that comes from python.org.
>
>
>
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