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

Anssi Saari as at sci.fi
Wed Nov 23 07:16:52 EST 2011


Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> writes:

>> c:\Python32 Start in, and for Target: Python 3.2.2 (64-bit)
>
> 	Which tells me that the TARGET field is garbaged, since THAT is what
> specifies the program (and arguments) that has to be run when the
> shortcut is double-clicked.

Actually, no, it's what I have too. 32-bit Windows 7 here and Python
3.2. The Target for the Idle shortcut is just Python 3.2. It's also
greyed out and uneditable.

So yes, weird. Mine works though and I rarely use Idle, so no
complaints.



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