NT Desktop question

[Gordon McMillan]

Gaetan Corneau writes,
> 
> I would like to be able to invoke "python.exe somescript.py
> droppedfilename" under NT just by dropping a file on an icon on
> my desktop. Is this possible? If it's not, I'll just code a small
> app that will receive the dropped file and then call the Python
> script.

What works today is:
 create a bat file:
  python.exe d:\path\to\myscript.py "%1"

Put a shortcut to the bat file on the desktop.

You can also use the bat file as  a target in the "Send to" 
menu item of Explorer's context menu, or as an action in a file 
type association.

- Gordon