On Apr 28, 5:17 pm, Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2011.04.28 02:11 PM, Uncle Ben wrote:> It was suggested to me privately > that I search for > > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell, > > right_click on "shell", > > create a new key called "EDIT with IDLE" > > and another called "command python.exe %1" > > The key you're looking for is HKCR\Python.File\shell. Add a subkey > called Edit with IDLE. Create a subkey in there called command. Inside > HKCR\Python.File\shell\Edit with IDLE\command, modify the default value > to "C:\Python32\pythonw.exe" "C:\Python32\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw" -e "%1" > (changing the paths if necessary). Do the same with > HKCR\Python.NoConFile\shell to get the command for .pyw files.
Thanks to all for good help. I finally got what I need by altering the original advice (A.T.) slightly. The key to edit was "HKCR/Applications/python.exe/shell", the item is put into the menu in a sub-key labelled "Edit with IDLE", and the command sub-sub-key that works for me is "idle.bat %1" I will keep Andrew Berg's note and use it when I encounter .pyw files. Python's the ninth language I've had to learn. And I love it. Uncle Ben -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
