How to tell Script to use pythonw.exe ?

[Benjamin Kaplan]

On Jul 3, 2013 8:27 AM, "Νίκος" <nikos at superhost.gr> wrote:
>
> Στις 3/7/2013 6:43 πμ, ο/η Tim Roberts έγραψε:
>
>> goldtech <leegold at operamail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I just changed the file extension of the script file from .py to .pyw
>>> and it uses pythonw.exe. I didn't read it anywhere, just intuited it
>>> and tried it. Python has some very smart people working the language...
>>
>>
>> While your statement is true, that's not what happened here.
>>
>> Windows has long had the ability to associate a file extension with a
>> handler.  If you start a command shell, the "assoc" command tells you the
>> program type associated with an extension, and the "ftype" command tells
>> you the command line that will be executed for that program type.  On my
>> box:
>>
>> C:\tmp>assoc .py
>> .py=Python
>>
>> C:\tmp>ftype Python
>> Python="C:\Apps\Python27\Python.exe" "%1" %*
>>
>> C:\tmp>assoc .pyw
>> .pyw=Python.NoConFile
>>
>> C:\tmp>ftype Python.NoConFile
>> Python.NoConFile="C:\Apps\Python27\Pythonw.exe" "%1" %*
>>
>> You can create your own, if you want.  If you want files with a .script
>> extension to run PythonW, you can type:
>>
>>      assoc .script=Python.NoConFile
>>
> My associations are broken, bt i only care for open web pages with Chrome
instead of IE, so i sued your method:
>
>
> C:\Windows\system32>assoc .html=Chrome
> .html=Chrome
>
> C:\Windows\system32>ftype
Chrome="C:\Users\Ferrous\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
%1
>
>
Chrome="C:\Users\Ferrous\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe"
%1
>
> but still when i click a link IE keeps popping up isntead of Chrome.
> Any ideas why?

Because your links don't open files. They send requests to an http server
for data. And IE is the program designated to send http requests. Just use
the browser's "make this the default" button.
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