Complete frustration

Casey Hawthorne caseyhHAMMER_TIME at istar.ca
Fri May 8 18:59:28 EDT 2009


On Fri, 08 May 2009 14:18:44 -0700, Emile van Sebille <emile at fenx.com>
wrote:

>On 5/8/2009 1:45 PM hellcats said...
>> I have Python2.5 installed on Windows XP. Whenever I double click on a
>> something.pyw file, IDLE launches and opens something.pyw in the
>> editor. I would prefer to actually *RUN* the program, not edit it. If
>> I want to edit it then I'll choose the "Edit with IDLE" context menu.
>> So I then have to press F5 to get the program to execute. Now I have
>> my program's windows along with two IDLE windows cluttering my screen
>> and task bar. WHAT IS GOING ON? I've tried changing the file
>> association to python.exe, and that works, but just ONCE (even if I
>> choose "always use the slected program to launch this kind of file").
>> IDLE may be great and all, but I fricken' don't want to see it every
>> time I just want to run a python program!!!!!
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>This is a windows question -- you'll need to reassign the default 
>association of PYW files.  Look in explorer|tools|folder options.
>
>Emile

I believe this option is in the Python init file!
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Regards,
Casey



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