Adding to the right-click “new” menu

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I have installed Python on my win10/pro/21H2.  I’m pretty sure there is some registry-hacking magic to make that happen, but I haven’t a clue.  Long long ago i added a ‘new’ for perl programs and it even initializes the .pl file from a “template” I set up for it.   Is how to do that explained somewhere?

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Python should now be in the path and you should be able to run it by typing “python” in a command prompt.
If this works, type “path” to find the location of the Python executable.
Now you can create a shortcut on your Desktop using the path and executable name.

cheers, Paul

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You misunderstood — the path is set up perfectly for Python.  What I want is an entry in the “new” context menu in Explorer to _create_ a new python file.   Right now, in addition to “folder” and “shortcut”, I can create a new text file, a new Word doc,  new Excel workbook, etc, etc.   I’m trying to figure out how to add to that list for a new “python program”.

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Start Regedit

Navigate to Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.py

Right click the .py key in the “left-hand” panel and select New > Key and name it ShellNew

Right click in the “right-hand” panel and select New > String Value and name it NullFile

Right click NullFile and set its value to 1

If you have a “blank” Python script template you want to open in Python when you select New, use FileName instead of NullFile and set its value to the path where the template is located.

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That looks good [and I can actually understand it] but it doesn’t match my system.   The only .py key in my registry is

ComputerHKEY_CLASSES_ROOTLocal SettingsSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionAppModelPackageRepositoryPackagesPythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_3.10.1264.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0!Pythonwindows.fileTypeAssociation.py

and it has the keys.  Is this because I didn’t really “install” python but got it from the microsoft store [and in any event should I try the registry changes you suggested]

 

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Are you sure there is no .py key. See the attached screenshot (it’s not on my machine, but I haven’t installed Python).

cheers, Paul

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Here’s a screen shot from my Win10 Pro 21H2 (OS Build 19044.1586) with the above registry entries added.

Here’s what the “New” context menu looked like after I added them.

Here’s what the “New” context menu looked like when I deleted them.

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