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| Date | 2011-04-28 20:29 +0100 |
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| From | MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> |
| Subject | Re: IDLE lost from Windows menu ! |
| References | <264d1536-864b-4cd5-9930-b4f5e69e8d46@h38g2000yqn.googlegroups.com> <19fe1f2d-c718-4844-8eac-685d8aeeede3@e21g2000yqe.googlegroups.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.954.1304018995.9059.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 28/04/2011 20:11, Uncle Ben wrote: > On Apr 28, 12:28 pm, Uncle Ben<b...@greenba.com> wrote: >> I have lost the convenient feature that to edit a .py file I could >> right-click on the file name and reach the menu item "Edit with IDLE". >> >> The workaround is not hard, but it wouild be nice to get this feature >> back. >> >> It happened when I was mungeing around and downloaded Python 2.3.3 in >> addition to Python 2.7.1, and got into trouble until I discovered >> that I was involuntarily RUNNING the older version. So I cleaned it >> out, but still I have this aftermath. >> >> Is there a Windows guru out there who can tell be how to add to the >> right-click menu clicking on myfile.py? >> >> Uncle Ben > > It was suggested to me privately that I search for > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell, > right_click on "shell", > create a new key called "EDIT with IDLE" > and another called "command python.exe %1" > > Problem: > Searching on the HKEY group as above yields no "shell". > > Did I not do it right, or is there another way? > > (I would think that that command would execute my file, not edit it. > But maybe I will be surprised.) > > (I am running Windows 7, 64-bit.) > Probably the simplest solution would be to install the appropriate version of Python again.
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IDLE lost from Windows menu ! Uncle Ben <ben@greenba.com> - 2011-04-28 09:28 -0700
Re: IDLE lost from Windows menu ! Uncle Ben <ben@greenba.com> - 2011-04-28 12:11 -0700
Re: IDLE lost from Windows menu ! MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-04-28 20:29 +0100
Re: IDLE lost from Windows menu ! Uncle Ben <ben@greenba.com> - 2011-04-28 13:21 -0700
Re: IDLE lost from Windows menu ! Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2011-04-28 16:17 -0500
Re: IDLE lost from Windows menu ! Uncle Ben <ben@greenba.com> - 2011-04-28 18:26 -0700
Re: IDLE lost from Windows menu ! Uncle Ben <ben@greenba.com> - 2011-04-28 18:21 -0700
Re: IDLE lost from Windows menu ! Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-04-28 17:20 -0400
Re: IDLE lost from Windows menu ! Alec Taylor <alec.taylor6@gmail.com> - 2011-04-29 03:01 +1000
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