Running Python's IDLE in windows

Question

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

Answer 1

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.