Andrew Gwozdziewycz wrote: > You'll have better results posting this to it's own thread. >
He certainly should have, but since I've read it here anyway: > On Jun 13, 2006, at 9:29 AM, Michael Yanowitz wrote: > > > Hello: > > > > Presently in my Windows 2000 system, when I double-click on a > > .py file (open it) it automatically runs it in Python. I would > > like to change that behavour. That is fine for .pyc file, but > > for .py files, I would either like to have it run in Python but > > return to the Python shell prompt when finished rather than > > exit the shell. How do I do that? > > Or would it cause a problem (so that Python no longer works) if > > I change the default .py extension to open in an editor rather > > than execute it if I open it? > > In an explorer window, go to Tools->Folder Options Go to the File Types tab, find the PY extension, then click on Advanced* Select the 'open' action, and click Edit... change the 'Application used to perform action', inserting a '-i' between the exe and the first parameter. For example, I changed mine to: "C:\Python\python.exe" -i "%1" %* The exact line will depend on where your python.exe is. OK all the dialogs you've opened, then double click a .py file to test it. *I'm using WinXP, so the exact name of some of the buttons may be different for you. Iain -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list