right-click PY files and...IDLE not available !! - W7 issue ?
Hi all,
In my previous job I had a Windows XP x86 machine, upon installation of PSS/E + Python, I had IDLE as an option when right clicking PY files;
Now I got a new job/computer and a 64-bit version of Windows 7, when I right click any PY file, IDLE doesn't appear as an option. I have tried of course associating it; but it doesn't work, I receive an error message. I have figured out that IDLE is launched by a file called "idle.py" in one of the Python folders, but if I try to associate the PY extension with it, there is an error message.
I have already spent HOURS on the phone with the Company's IT support accessing my machine remotely, the guys couldn't figure out how to do it, and told me it's impossible.
BUT...of course it is very possible, as in my previous job it worked fine in a XP x86 machine.
Please, does anyone know how to fix it ?
Thanks,
Andre
Hi @Andre, which version of PSSE are you running? PSSEv33 uses Python2.7 and PSSEv32 uses Python2.5. Have you tried installing the copy of Python that matches your PSSE from the Python website?
@Andre, can you be more specific about what error message you get.
Hi friends, Sorry for my late reply, I only now saw your comments. I am running v33.3, and Python 2.7 is installed automatically with it. If I try opening the file by right clicking it and pointing to idle.py, the message "*.py is not a valid Win32 application" appears. Thanks, Andre
there are plenty of tutorials which show you how to do that online. by the way, why do you want to use idle when there are so many better python text editors and IDEs such as sublime, visual studio, spyder, to name a few