I recently changed Python version, but "Edit with IDLE" was not shown when you right clicked on a Python file.
So I headed down into Regedit and changed this:
In both Python.File\Shell\Edit with IDLE 3.8 (64-bit)
and Python.NoConFile\Shell\Edit with IDLE 3.8 (64-bit)
, the file in command
is filled with this:
"C:\Users\PC\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\pythonw.exe" -m idlelib "%L" %*
But the "Edit with IDLE" option is only shown with a .py file.
With a .py
file:
With a .pyw
file:
So my question is: Why doesn't Edit with IDLE show with .pyw
files?
I tried reinstalling Python after completely removing it, rebooting (to see Regedit changes?) but nothing worked.
Any ideas?
Edit: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.py
refers to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Python.File
and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pyw
refers to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Python.NoConFile
(didn't change that).
Finally I solved the problem myself.
In fact, the description of a .pyw
file in the Explorer was "PYW file", so it wasn't attached to the .pyw
in Regedit.
I don't know why, but because I attached the .pyw
extension to
C:\Users\PC\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\pythonw.exe
it wasn't attached to .pyw
in Regedit.
So I simply clicked on "Open with" and chose
C:\Windows\pyw.exe
And everything worked.
Edit:
I don't know why, but because I attached the
.pyw
extension toC:\Users\PC\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\pythonw.exe
it wasn't attached to
.pyw
in Regedit.
The Python38
folder just didn't exist, I had to type Python38-32