The Disappearing Program?

[rzed]

"W. eWatson" <wolftracks at invalid.com> wrote in
news:hlls5c$89l$1 at news.eternal-september.org: 

> I've successfully compiled several small python programs on Win
> XP into executables using py2exe. A program goes from a name like
> snowball.py to snowball. A dir in the command prompt window finds
> snowball.py but not snowball. If I type in snowball, it executes.
> What's up with that? 

There is a ludicrous setting in Windows explorer that hides the 
extensions for known file types, such as .exe. If you see "snowball" 
in Win Explorer, that's probably the way your system is set. If you 
click on Tools . Folder Options . View you should see a checkbox for 
the "Hide extensions for known file types" option. Uncheck it, and the 
disappearing program will return to view.

This is a separate issue for why snowball.py executes when you enter 
"snowball" at the command line.

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rzed