Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

Thanks. I took a look at active state once. Too much of a learning curve for me at the time. I'm not a frequent user of Python. I was on a small project that depended on 2.5.2. There were some issues with numpy, and other libs that needed to stay put. Project is pretty well gone. If not, I

Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

It was the default action before with the right-click. I don't care about double-click. I just looked on my XP, and that's the way it's done on 2.5.2 there. I have no idea how this got onto double-click. Let's not worry about it in any case. We can quibble some more, but I'm done with this e

Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

On 15/11/11 23:55, Wayne Watson wrote: I think we've exhausted ourselves. Time to ditch 2.5.2 and find a better version of Python to work on. There is nothiong wrong with Python 2.5.2, I used it for several years on Windows. But the default installation should not be setting up idle as the i

Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Wayne Watson wrote: > ... > > With fingers crossed ... > >> >> I'm going to try one last time before I give up: >> >> - Go to Control Panel\Programs\Default Programs\Set Associations. DONE >> - Highlight the line for ".py" DONE >> - Click "Change program..." DONE

Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

... With fingers crossed ... I'm going to try one last time before I give up: - Go to Control Panel\Programs\Default Programs\Set Associations. DONE - Highlight the line for ".py" DONE - Click "Change program..." DONE - In the "Open with" dialog, click the "Browse..." button. DONE - In the

Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Wayne Watson wrote: > > For py, I found \Python25\Lib\idlelib\idle.**pyw. >>> >>> Does no good to specify yet another .py file as the executable. You >> must specify a .EXE file (or .BAT, or .CMD, or very rarely, a .COM file). >> > In py land I only have py, p

Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

For py, I found \Python25\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw. Does no good to specify yet another .py file as the executable. You must specify a .EXE file (or .BAT, or .CMD, or very rarely, a .COM file). In py land I only have py, pyc, pyw, and pyo. I've now done py and pyc as default. Still have the same

Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

... Now I believe I see your problem... Your "usual error message" was, I believe , that (x) is not a valid Win32 app.  Python scripts are NOT Win32 apps - and IDLE itself is a Python script.  You need to tell Window

Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

On 11/15/2011 10:47 AM, Wayne Watson wrote: > Highlight the line for ".py". Click the button (yes, the one that says "Change > program..."). You'll Yes, did that. > get another dialog box, and in that one there will be a button labeled > "Browse". Click it. This will open up an "Open with.

Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

Before reading my response below, let me note how things look on my XP laptop--for what it's worth.  I happen to be using 2.4 there.   When I look at a folder of py programs there, the icon is something like a lizard for each program. If I right-click on a py file, a list

Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Wayne Watson wrote: > > On 11/14/2011 6:17 PM, Marc Tompkins wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Wayne Watson < > sierra_mtnv...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> >> On 11/14/2011 4:04 PM, Marc Tompkins wrote: >> >> On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Wayne Watson <

Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

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Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

On 11/14/2011 6:17 PM, Marc Tompkins wrote: On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Wayne Watson wrote: On 11/14/2011 4:04 PM, Marc Tompkins wrote:

Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Wayne Watson wrote: > > > On 11/14/2011 4:04 PM, Marc Tompkins wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Wayne Watson < > sierra_mtnv...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> I do not see Python listed there. I see Word Pad, Winamp, Paint, ... >> >> I'm at CP/All CP Items/

Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

Hi, I'm going to short circuit my post of about an hour ago that had a jpg file attached.  It may catch up later. What I discovered is that changing the env variable made no difference. On 11/14/2011 2:25 PM, Wayne Werner wrote: On Mon, Nov 14, 2011

Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

On 11/14/2011 4:04 PM, Marc Tompkins wrote: On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Wayne Watson wrote: I do not see Python listed there. I see Word Pad, Winamp, Paint, ...

Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Wayne Watson wrote: > I do not see Python listed there. I see Word Pad, Winamp, Paint, ... > > I'm at CP/All CP Items/Default prgrms/Set Defaults > > My bad. It's Control Panel\Programs\Default Programs\Set Associations. (I could be wrong, but wasn't this all in

Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

I do not see Python listed there. I see Word Pad, Winamp, Paint, ... I'm at CP/All CP Items/Default prgrms/Set Defaults On 11/14/2011 2:18 PM, Marc Tompkins wrote: On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Wayne Watson wr

Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Wayne Watson wrote: > I had py 2.5.2 installed (Yes, I know it's old) on my Win 7 64-bit PC > earlier this year, but it began to fail back in June. I tried a > uninstall/install, but that got me nowhere. I tried again yesterday. > Uninstalled, then puzzled over w

Re: [Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Wayne Watson wrote: > I had py 2.5.2 installed (Yes, I know it's old) on my Win 7 64-bit PC > earlier this year, but it began to fail back in June. I tried a > uninstall/install, but that got me nowhere. I tried again yesterday. > Uninstalled, then puzzled over w

[Tutor] Trouble installing Python on Win7 (not a valid Win 32 app)

I had py 2.5.2 installed (Yes, I know it's old) on my Win 7 64-bit PC earlier this year, but it began to fail back in June. I tried a uninstall/install, but that got me nowhere. I tried again yesterday. Uninstalled, then puzzled over whether I should delete the remaining python25 folder. The