Windows XP - cron or scheduler for Python?

[Peter Hansen]

Larry Bates wrote:

> 2) Always call Python and have it run the application.
> Don't just try to run progname.py.

This actually works, though, at least on my system.  It
might be because I inserted .py in the PATHEXT env var
globally, though I thought it was just because running
a .py is possible simply by clicking on it in Explorer
(ie. the File Association does the job).

-Peter