[Tutor] problem resulting from installing 3.0

[Dick Moores]

At 05:25 PM 8/31/2007, Kent Johnson wrote:
>Dick Moores wrote:
>>XP, Python 2.5.1
>>I installed 3.0 alpha out of curiosity in a separate folder from 
>>2.5.1. Then I found that both 2.5.1's IDLE and my main Python 
>>editor Ulipad would no longer open. My first idea was that the 
>>installation of 3.0 somehow changed my path. But it didn't. After 
>>uninstalling 3.0, and fiddling with the path and PYTHONPATH, IDLE 
>>and Ulipad now open, but the console opens first. The files 
>>executed are idle.pyw and ulipad.pyw. How can I get back to where I 
>>was before, without that annoying console opening?
>
>A guess - check the file association for .pyw files. Make sure they 
>are associated with pythonw, not python.

Yes! Thanks, Kent.

Dick