Running Python's IDLE in windows

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1662576

  •  12-09-2019
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Question

I messed up my IDLE shortcut. What is the way to start IDLE from the cmd.exe shell in Windows?

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Solution

On my system, running C:\Python26\lib\idlelib\idle.py launches idle from the command prompt. Obviously you will need to adjust your path if your main Python directory isn't C:\Python26\.

It looks like you could also launch it via idle.pyw or idle.bat in that same directory.

OTHER TIPS

You can just add a path in your Environment variables tab in My Computer Properties --> Advanced as c:\Python27\Lib\idlelib. After adding this path just write idle.pyw in cmd whenever you want to run IDLE.

Just make sure you replace the folder name with whatever directory name you have.

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