Both Python 2.5.2 and 2.7.2 flop the same way under Win 7

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:03:14 -0800, W. eWatson wrote:

> I have not found any successful way to get to IDLE. It's on on the
> right-click of a py menu, and, if I go the ...lib/idle.pyw, it fails
> with a "invalid Win32 app" msg.

If you associate .pyw files with pythonw.exe, and then open idle.pyw, 
does it work?

Failing that, go to your laptop where the associations are right, and see 
what they are, then duplicate the settings on your Windows 7 machine.




-- 
Steven