>Hello I can't seem to get the IDLE to start up in my windows XP by clicking
on the desktop icon. To start it I have to >drop a .py file on the icon. Any
ideas?

Danny just answered that, I believe... so next!

>Also I can't seem to get xp to recognize .py files belonging to python.
Right now the icons for .py is a windows default >and not the python icon.
So if I double click on a script that I want to work on it doesn't open the
idle. I have to open the >script from IDLE.  Any ideas on this problem?

Go to Control Panel, then to Folder Options. Click on the File Associations
tab (I think that's what it's called-whatever-it's the last one) You should
get a whole bunch of registered file types.

Go down to PY.
Click on on the advanced button
Double click on Open
Change the command to "C:\python24\pythonw.exe"
"C:\python24\lib\idlelib\idle.pyw" -n -e "%1"
(Obviously, you are either going to have to get Danny's suggestion working,
or you will have to change it from pythonw.exe to python.exe)

I often think it's best to present a way to run scripts straight from the
interpreter. So, change Edit with IDLE's command to
"C:\python24\python.exe" "%1" %*
Change the name on the same thing to "Open with Console" --- or something
like that..

Click Ok however many times is necessary...

Now--what you've just done is to set it up so that double clicking results
in IDLE starting up, and right clicking shows two commands Open & Open with
console (or the equivalent) Open with console should run the script straight
from the interpreter.
HTH,
Jacob
(Yes, I'm the same Jacob that Danny mentioned)


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