Re: [Tutor] Help on python file extension windows vista recognition

2009-10-13 Thread Tim Golden
Dave Angel wrote: You will also need to get comfortable with the DOS box (Command Prompt, whatever Vista calls it. It's probably in Start->Accessories). In a DOS box, you could do a DIR of that directory, and see exactly what the file is called. You also could invoke python or pythonw expli

Re: [Tutor] Help on python file extension windows vista recognition

2009-10-12 Thread Dave Angel
Victor Binns wrote: Please, I need help. I installed python on my gateway windows vista laptop computer. This is with the latest version of python (Python 2.6.3 Windows installer) Python 2.6.3 Windows installer It's not the latest, but no problem. It's probably a good choice. I have s

Re: [Tutor] Help on python file extension windows vista recognition

2009-10-12 Thread Amos Anderson
You probably have the true extension hidden. Try this... 1. Start->Control Panel->Appearance and Personalization->Folder Options2. Click the View tab 3. Uncheck Hide Extensions for Known File Types 4. Hit apply. Now check the file. You probably will notice the .txt extension is still there. You c

[Tutor] Help on python file extension windows vista recognition

2009-10-12 Thread Victor Binns
Please, I need help. I installed python on my gateway windows vista laptop computer. This is with the latest version of python (Python 2.6.3 Windows installer) Python 2.6.3 Windows installer I have some python code files I placed on my desktop and tried placing it in a folder containing py