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Re: Python File as the Default PDF handler for Windows

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Date 2015-06-24 01:00 +1000
Subject Re: Python File as the Default PDF handler for Windows
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.730.1435071611.13271.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 12:26 AM, Jean-Michel Pichavant
<jeanmichel@sequans.com> wrote:
>> Just to update, you are correct, Chris, the file short name is passed
>> into sys.argv. didn't need to add anything to the path. But a gotcha
>> -- Windows didn't like my .py, clicking on the pdf causes Windows to
>> complain about 'file x' is not a valid windows executable.
>
> I'm not an expert of windows but you probably need to specify the python interpreter, not the script itself.
>
> something like
>
> C:\Python2.7\python.exe yourscript.py %*
>
> in the windows file association panel.

Yep, that's what I'd recommend too. You shouldn't need to py2exe it.

ChrisA

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Python File as the Default PDF handler for Windows Naftali <nmichalowsky@gmail.com> - 2015-06-18 14:04 -0700
  Re: Python File as the Default PDF handler for Windows Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-19 09:46 +1000
  Re: Python File as the Default PDF handler for Windows Naftali <nmichalowsky@gmail.com> - 2015-06-18 18:03 -0700
    Re: Python File as the Default PDF handler for Windows Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-19 11:18 +1000
    Re: Python File as the Default PDF handler for Windows MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-06-19 02:39 +0100
    Re: Python File as the Default PDF handler for Windows Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-19 11:46 +1000
  Re: Python File as the Default PDF handler for Windows Naftali <nmichalowsky@gmail.com> - 2015-06-18 18:22 -0700
  Re: Python File as the Default PDF handler for Windows Naftali <nmichalowsky@gmail.com> - 2015-06-23 06:39 -0700
    Re: Python File as the Default PDF handler for Windows Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-24 01:00 +1000
    Re: Python File as the Default PDF handler for Windows Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-06-23 16:12 -0400
    Re: Python File as the Default PDF handler for Windows Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-06-23 21:20 +0100

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