Issue 13221: No "edit with IDLE" in right click context menu (original) (raw)

Created on 2011-10-19 17:22 by Matthias.Schreiber, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (4)
msg145924 - (view) Author: Matthias Schreiber (Matthias.Schreiber) Date: 2011-10-19 17:22
I dont have the context menu "edit with IDLE" anymore. I installed Python 3.2 first and then 2.7 I tried to open a .py file that's written with 3.2, but it were opened with the 2.7 IDLE. So I uninstalled 2.7 and tried to open it again. Now the context menu were missed. I tried to open it over "Open with..." with other applications. I re-installed 3.2 and also repaired it, but the "edit with IDLE" is still not there.
msg145973 - (view) Author: Ned Deily (ned.deily) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-10-19 21:54
This sounds like an issue with Windows installation rather than an IDLE issue.
msg145974 - (view) Author: Ezio Melotti (ezio.melotti) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-10-19 21:57
> I installed Python 3.2 first and then 2.7 This probably made 2.7 the default Python. > I tried to open a .py file that's written with 3.2, > but it were opened with the 2.7 IDLE. So this is normal. > So I uninstalled 2.7 and tried to open it again. > Now the context menu were missed. The uninstallation process probably removed the context menu. If the 2.7 entry overrode the 3.2 one, once it's remove there are no entries left. > I tried to open it over "Open with..." with other applications. > I re-installed 3.2 and also repaired it, but the "edit with IDLE" is still not there. If the installation process adds the "Open with IDLE" entry, it should do it again when you reinstall -- unless something got corrupted somehow during when 2.7 got installed on removed.
msg146073 - (view) Author: Martin v. Löwis (loewis) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-10-21 09:38
> If the installation process adds the "Open with IDLE" entry, it should do it again when you reinstall Rather than going through reinstallation, go to "Add and Remove Programs", find Python 3.2, and select "Repair installation." Closing the report as invalid.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:22 admin set github: 57430
2011-10-21 09:39:07 loewis set status: open -> closedresolution: not a bug
2011-10-21 09:38:53 loewis set messages: +
2011-10-19 21:57:06 ezio.melotti set nosy: + ezio.melottimessages: + type: behaviorstage: needs patch
2011-10-19 21:54:50 ned.deily set nosy: + loewis, tim.golden, brian.curtin, ned.deilymessages: + components: + Installation, Windows, - IDLE
2011-10-19 17:22:44 Matthias.Schreiber create