Running a Python program thru a Windows shortcut

[Patrick Useldinger]

TheDustbustr wrote:
> right click> new> shortcut
> command line: 
> C:\python22\python.exe c:\path\to\dfc.py dfcCfgBackup
> 
> remember, in python, sys.argv is a tuple containing args passed in.
> 
> Depending on your windows version, you MAY have to put python in double-quotes,
> like so:
> "C:\python22\python.exe" c:\path\to\dfc.py dfcCfgBackup

My problem was that I put everything into the quotes...
As .py is associated with python.exe anyway, my shortcut is now:
"I:\My Programs\dfc\dfc.py" dfcCfgBackup
and "start in" points to "I:\My Programs\dfc"

Thanks to all.
-PU