Python 2.7.2 on Win7 and IDLE (Try it)

[Terry Reedy]

On 11/18/2011 6:44 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:06:47 -0800, W. eWatson wrote:
>
>> Undoubtedly some of you have seen my post Both Python 2.5.2 and 2.7.2
>> flop the same way under Win 7.
>>
>> One thing I think no one has offered is whether their installation of
>> 2.7.2 has the same IDLE oddity that I've described.  That is, if you
>> right-click on a py file, do you see a choice for the IDLE editor?
>
> Terry Reedy has already said that his installation works fine.
>
> "I installed 3.3.2 on a new Win 7 machine and Edit with IDLE works fine."

64 bit python and 64 bit win 7
>
> If you have installed the regular, 32-bit version of Python on a 64-bit
> version of Windows, chances are good that there will be registry problems
> stopping things from working correctly. See Stephen Hansen's post.
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Terry Jan Reedy