[Tutor] How Can Install Python 2.0 and 2.1 on the same machin e?
D-Man
dsh8290@rit.edu
Wed, 23 May 2001 11:32:26 -0400
On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 09:54:13AM -0500, Rob Andrews wrote:
|
| > You can also creayte a new right click menu item to run
| > in either version of Python - say run2.0 and run2.1.
| >
| > That way you can click on any Python file and choose which
| > version of the interpreter to run it with...
| >
|
| I must learn this trick. I know more arcane Windows features than anyone
| else I know, but this one is new to me.
(I have a win2k box in front of me now so all steps are accurate for
win2k, win9x uses a slightly different naming scheme for menus and
buttons but it is fairly similar and I will try my best to remember
the right names)
1: open windows explorer (or is that internet explorer? can't tell
the difference nowadays anyways)
2: Tools->Folder Options (IIRC win9x has this under the 'View' menu)
3: click the "File Types" tab
4: scroll down to "PY Python File" (it has the icon too, they're
alphabetical)
5: Here it makes a difference which windows :
win2k -- click the "Advanced" button
win9x -- click the "edit" or some similar button
6: Click the "New" button in the dialog that pops up
7: give the action a name (ie run2.0 as suggested by Alan)
8: give the action a command (ie c:\python20\python.exe)
9: click "Ok"
10: again (click "Ok")
11: one more time -- did we use enough dialogs yet?
12: right-click on a .py file to see/verify that a new entry exists in
the popup menu
-D