windows question: default click action points to wrong python version

[Gelonida N]

Hi Tim,


Thanks a lot for your answer.

On 11/21/2012 10:34 AM, Tim Golden wrote:
> On 21/11/2012 08:23, Gelonida N wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I installed python 2.6 and python 2.7 on a windows 7 machine.
>>
>> At the moment Python 2.7 is the interpreter being used if I 'start' a
>> python script without explicit interpreter.
>>
>> I always thought, that 'repairing' Python 2.6 (reinstalling it) would
>> set the default settings back to Python 2.6.
>>
>> I also see with assoc / ftypes, that python 2.6. has now been configured
>> as default.
>>
>> However when I click on a script it is still started with 2.7.
>> (even after a full restart of the machine)
>>
>> This is really surprising to me.
>> I thought ftype is the command to change file associations.
>
>
> This area is a bit messy. There is a difference between: going to the
> command line and typing "myscript.py"; and double-clicking on a file in
> Explorer.
>
> The former uses the result of merging the assoc/ftype registry keys:
>
>     HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Python.File\shell\open\command
>
>     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Python.File\shell\open\command
>
>
> while the latter uses the Explorer registry keys at:
>
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.py\UserChoice

>
>
> Initially, I suppose, the two are in sync. But presumably they can get
> out of sync, especially if you move backwards and forwards between
> associations. I haven't bothered fishing around in the Shell API but I
> presume that you can reconcile the two -- or just edit the registry,
> obviously.

Hmm I don't mind changing the registry, now that I know the culprit.
Will try it tomorrow when being back to my Win PC.


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