What I do and do not know about installing Python on Win 7 with regard to IDLE.

[Terry Reedy]

On 11/22/2011 1:01 PM, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:

>> c:\Python32 Start in, and for Target: Python 3.2.2 (64-bit)
>
> 	Which tells me that the TARGET field is garbaged,

The above is exactly what my IDLE shortcut target field says, and it 
works fine.

> since THAT is what specifies the program (and arguments)
 > that has to be run when the shortcut is double-clicked.

It would be nice if it DID show all that info.

> Try editing the target field to read (presuming the 3.x branch of
> Python keeps the same library structure):
>
> c:\python32\lib\idlelib\idle.bat
>
> save the change, and then select the short-cut to see if it runs.

Target for the .msi created shortcut cannot be edited, even as admin.

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Terry Jan Reedy