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I have Python 2.7.5 that installed with ArcGIS 10.2.2. When I first right-clicked a .py script I'd previously written it listed the "Edit with IDLE" option in the context menu. However, this option no longer appears when I right-click a .py file.
I have read numerous threads concerning this issue and attempted some of them, such as modifying/removing registry keys and then reinstalling/repairing the software. I am not interested in using an IDE at this point, though many will be happy to know I intend to use an IDE later on. Right now, the purpose is to fix the problem rather than avoid and work around it.
I appreciate the help I've gotten from the online community in the past, and I'm confident someone will come through with a solution for me.
How do I get "Edit with IDLE" back in the context menu?
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Click on the Idle File menu and select Open. (Or as you see, you can use the shortcut Ctrl-O . That means holding down the Ctrl key, and pressing the letter O for Open.)
You can also open IDLE directly from your Python script file. Right click the file, then choose "Edit with IDLE". Rather than going through the "Run..." menu, learn to use F5 (on some systems, Fn + F5) to run your script. It's much quicker.
Most of the time when this problem occurs, people will read answers directing them into the windows registry, often unnecessarily.
In the majority of cases, the registry key
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Python.File\shell\Edit with IDLE\command
will already exist and have the correct value, but it will only be used by Windows shell context menu if .py files are set by default to open with python.exe.
This is the first thing to check, and solves the problem in the majority of cases:
This runs the script in a terminal, but also sets the filetype back to python.
Now check the right click menu again.
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