How do I access IDLE in Win7

[rantingrick]

On Jul 27, 10:06 am, "W. eWatson" <wolftra... at invalid.com> wrote:
> It's been many months since I played with Python, and have forgotten how
> to bring up IDLE. If I simply click on a py file, I see what may be a
> dos window appear and quickly disappear.

"Double-clicking" a [py|pyw] file in windows will auto run the file
(considering you have not changed the association). So if you're
trying to edit the file you'll want to try something else.

> If I right-click on the file,
> and select IDLE, the same thing happens.

You mean "Right-Click -> Send-To-IDLE"?

> If I go directly to All
> Programs, the same thing happens when I select IDLE.

You mean "Start_Menu -> All_Programs -> PythonX.X -> IDLE_(Python
GUI)"? Yes typically that is how you'd run IDLE form a winders box.

If you want to edit a python script then first open an editor and then
navigate to the file. There is also a "RightClick -> Open-with-IDLE"
option also but i prefer to navigate from my editor.

However it sounds like you may be experiencing a bug (or configuration
issue). Can you capture the "dos" error with the print screen button
and post it here? You'll have to be quick to catch it!

Also try to run IDLE from this path:
...\PythonXX\Lib\idlelib {double click PyShell.py}