IDLE gripe and question

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:30:47 -0300, Mensanator <mensanator at aol.com>  
escribió:
> On Apr 22, 7:42�pm, Dick Moores <r... at rcblue.com> wrote:
>> I have IDLE 1.2.1, on Win XP, Python 2.5.1.
>>
>> The first time I use File | Open to open a script, the Open dialogue
>> box always opens at E:\Python25\Lib\idlelib. Most of the scripts I
>> want to access are in E:\PythonWork. There doesn't seem to be a way
>> to change the default folder to E:\PythonWork, but is there?
>
> First, find the shortcut that lauches IDLE.
>
> On my Vista system it's in
> C:\Program Data\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Python 2.5
>
> XP will be different, I think there're start menu directories under
> each user and a default one.

That's the way to go. But note that you don't have to find where the  
shortcut lives: just navigate to the desired menu item in the Start menu,  
right-click on it and select Properties.

-- 
Gabriel Genellina