<div><div>You probably have the true extension hidden. Try this...</div><div><br></div>1. Start->Control Panel->Appearance and Personalization->Folder Options<div>2. Click the View tab</div><div>3. Uncheck Hide Extensions for Known File Types<br>
4. Hit apply.</div><div><br></div><div>Now check the file. You probably will notice the .txt extension is still there. You can remove it by renaming now. </div><div><br></div></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Victor Binns <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vic_prof@hotmail.com" target="_blank">vic_prof@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Please,<br>I need help. I installed python on my gateway windows vista laptop computer.<br> <br>This is with the latest version of python (<a href="http:///ftp/python/2.6.3/python-2.6.3.msi" target="_blank"><font color="#0068cf">Python 2.6.3 Windows installer</font></a>)<br>
Python 2.6.3 Windows installer<br> <br>I have some python code files I placed on my desktop and tried placing it in a folder containing<br>python program.<br> <br>The files still appears on the computer as a text file. Even though I placed the .py file extension on the file.<br>
<br>The .py is on the file but the icon image appears as a notepad file.<br> <br>I need help in resolving this issue.<br> <br>Thanks<br><div><br> <br><hr>Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. <a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/" target="_blank">Sign up now.</a></div>
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