Default .py program and Edit with IDLE problem

[Chris Angelico]

On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Rick Johnson
<rantingrickjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Don't waste your time with that stupid "repair option". What
> does an uninstall and reinstall process take these days...
> all of two minutes?
>
> Oh boy... The first rule of troubleshooting is always to
> apply the simplist fix first, then start walking up the
> "staircase of complexity" until you find a solution.
> Something specific and esoteric as editing the registry is
> very near the top of the staircase. In this case, the "easy
> fix" is a quick and painless uninstall+reinstall. One of the
> core philosophical principals of Python is: "In the face of
> ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess", and while
> uninstall+reinstall may indeed seem like a drastic measure,
> it is the most practical solution for this kind of problem.

I'm not sure how "refuse to guess" translates into "wipe it out and
start over". I *never* recommend uninstall/reinstall as a first
measure. It's a stupid idea unless you actually know that it's going
to help.

ChrisA