Both Python 2.5.2 and 2.7.2 flop the same way under Win 7

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On 17/11/2011 20:31, W. eWatson wrote:
> On 11/17/2011 9:39 AM, John Gordon wrote:
>> In<ja3eae$rr$1 at dont-email.me> "W. eWatson"<wolftracks at invalid.com>
>> writes:
>>
>>> Months ago 2.5.2 stopped functioning on my Win7 PC, so a few days ago I
>>> uninstalled and installed. Same problem. If one right-clicks on a py
>>> file, IDLE is not shown in the menu as Edit with IDLE. After playing
>>> with matters I gave up, and uninstalled 2.5.2 and turned to 2.7.2. Same
>>> results.
>>
>> I'm not sure I'd describe the lack of IDLE in a context menu as
>> "python not functioning".
> Well, yes, and I can run it from the command line.
>>
>>> If I look at a 2.4 install on my laptop, I get the desired reference to
>>> Edit with IDLE.
>>
>>> My guess is that Win 7 is behind this. If so, it's good-bye Python.
> This has been a nagging problem for far too long. I see no reason why a
> simple install should make such a difference with the way I get to IDLE.
> Maybe few people here like IDLE, but for my minimal needs, it's just fine.
>
>>
>> It was working originally, right? So the problem can't really just be
>> Win 7.
> I installed it about April 2010, and it worked for months. I then
> stopped using it until around July 2011. It no longer worked in the IDLE
> sense.
>
> Who really knows?
>
>>
>> Can you add IDLE manually to the associated applications list?
>>
> Tried that by sending it directly to idle.pyw, but then trying to get
> there through the Edit with menu caused a "invalid Win32 app."

Are you trying to associate .pyw with idle.pyw instead of with
pythonw.exe?