Make python 3.3 the default one and not 2.7

Dave Angel davea at davea.name
Wed Apr 3 06:24:32 EDT 2013


On 04/03/2013 04:44 AM, D. Xenakis wrote:
> Hi there, i installed python 2.7 (windows 32bit version) from http://www.enthought.com/products/epd_free.php and after that i installed official  3.3 version too. So now i got two python folders like this.. c:/Python27 and c:/Python33 .
> My problem is that when im trying to execute a .py file, the 2.7 version interpreter launces. In addition if i right click and select Edit with IDLE, again version 2.7 interpreter opens. How can i make python 3.3 the default one, as i need this cause i have PyQt4 installed there and so it does not work with 2.7 .
> Thx in advance.
>

That was one of the choices you were presented with during the install. 
  It defaults to making the newly installed one the default, but there 
was a checkbox or something.  (It's been years since I did a Windows 
install, so I don't really remember)

Anyway, if Wolfgang's link doesn't do it for you, consider re-installing 
3.3.  It should just go on top of the existing one, and the only change 
should be that it would then become the default one.

-- 
DaveA



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