Windows 'Edit with IDLE' fails in one directory #124954
Labels
3.12
bugs and security fixes
3.13
bugs and security fixes
3.14
new features, bugs and security fixes
OS-windows
type-bug
An unexpected behavior, bug, or error
Bug report
f:\dev\3x>py -m idlelib f:/dev/tem/blank.py
opens blank.py in IDLE. But in File Explorer, right click on blank.py and selection of `Edit with IDLE => Edit with IDLE 3.13 (64 bit) fails. Nothing happens. Same for 3.12 and 3.11.Copy blank.py up to f:/tem and Edit with IDLE works. Neither directory has
__init__
and__main__
defined. Looking at all tabs of the respective properties dialogs and the only difference I noted was the content file and bytes numbers. Context-menu opening works in another existing dir, with the two dunders defined.If .../tem is renamed or copied (and
-
removed from the copy name), the command-line success and context-menu failure remain. It seems to be poisoned somehow. With a new subdirectory,F:/dev/temNew
with blank.py copied into it, context-menu selection works.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: