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

[W. eWatson]

On 11/17/2011 2:12 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 11/17/2011 11:55 AM, W. eWatson wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>
> I installed 3.3.2 on a new Win 7 machine and Edit with IDLE works fine.
> However, I almost never use that with Explorer to open files. I have
> IDLE pinned to the task bar so it is one click to start. If I edit a
> file, I want to run it, so I want a shell window open anyway. I usually
> open files to edit with the first three entries under the File menu: New
> File, Open, or Recent Files. Once I open a file in a particular
> directory (usually with Recent Files), Open initially looks for files in
> the same directory, which is usually what I want. So say hello again to
> Python, especially Python 3.
>
I have not found any successful way to get to IDLE. It's on on the 
right-click of a py menu, and, if I go the ...lib/idle.pyw, it fails 
with a "invalid Win32 app" msg.