What I do and do not know about installing Python on Win 7 with regard to IDLE.

[Terry Reedy]

On 11/24/2011 7:16 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> As far as I can tell, nobody running the 64-bit version of Windows 7 has
> chimed in to either confirm or refute W. eWatson's claim that IDLE
> doesn't show up,

On the contrary, back when he first posted, I stated that 64-bit Python 
3.2.2 on my 64-bit Windows 7 works fine, just as he wants it to.

> so we have no way of telling whether it doesn't show up
> due to a lack in the installer, or because eWatson has (slightly) broken
> his system and has inadvertently prevented it from showing up.

I also noted that I had slightly screwed up my previous machine, and the 
installers never fixed up the deviation. So I gave him a better 
alternative that I use. He has ignored that and most everything else I 
posted.

When he later revealed that IDLE does not run by any means, that he 
should fix *that* before worrying about right-clicks.

> Fixing the associations is a Windows issue, not a Python issue. Even if
> it turns out that the installer does neglect to set up menu commands for
> IDLE (which should be reported as a feature request on the bug tracker),

The installer for each version has been setting up commands for IDLE for 
perhaps a decade or more.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy