[Tutor] IDLE shortcut doesn't exist except for in the Start Menu

Kent Johnson kent37 at tds.net
Wed May 27 14:55:12 CEST 2009


On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> wrote:
> "Gregory Morton" <tyetheczar at hotmail.com> wrote
>
>> Looking in the directory for Python, I see no real sign of IDLE anywhere
>> in it.
>
> Look at the properties of the start menu item.
>
> It should show the shortcut points to something like:
>
> C:\Python25\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw

Strangely, the shortcut properties don't show the target. On my
Windows XP system, the properties just show
Target type: Application
Target location: (blank)
Target: Python 2.6.1

Kent


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