autoexecution in Windows

[Earl Eiland]

How does one make a Python program auto-execute in Windows?

Earl

[F. Petitjean]

Le Mon, 07 Mar 2005 13:25:35 -0700, Earl Eiland a écrit :

How does one make a Python program auto-execute in Windows?

Earl

write a virus ? :-)

What do you mean by « auto-execute » ?

Regards

[Earl Eiland]

In Linux, if I make the first line #!/path/to/Python, all I have to do
to execute the program is type ./FileName (assuming my pwd is the same
as FileName). what's the Windows equivalent?
Earl

On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 13:36, F. Petitjean wrote:

Le Mon, 07 Mar 2005 13:25:35 -0700, Earl Eiland a écrit :

How does one make a Python program auto-execute in Windows?

Earl

write a virus ? :-)

What do you mean by « auto-execute » ?

Regards

[rbt]

Earl Eiland wrote:

How does one make a Python program auto-execute in Windows?

Earl

No program (python or other) can just arbitrarily execute. A user has to
click it or a cron-like utility (Task Scheduler) has to execute it at a
set time. registry entries (such as run) can execute programs too. Also,
proper Windows services can be configured to start at boot.

Again, nothing can just arbitrarily execute. If it could, viruses would
be a *nightmare*

[rbt]

Earl Eiland wrote:

In Linux, if I make the first line #!/path/to/Python, all I have to do
to execute the program is type ./FileName (assuming my pwd is the same
as FileName). what's the Windows equivalent?
Earl

On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 13:36, F. Petitjean wrote:

Le Mon, 07 Mar 2005 13:25:35 -0700, Earl Eiland a écrit :

How does one make a Python program auto-execute in Windows?

Earl

write a virus ? :-)

What do you mean by « auto-execute » ?

Regards

Look at the 'pathext' variable under the system's environmental
variables. Add .py and .pyw to that and you're good to go.

[Martin v. Löwis]

Earl Eiland wrote:

How does one make a Python program auto-execute in Windows?

Use any of the mechanisms to make an arbitrary program auto-execute
(do you want on boot, on login, or what?), and use
c:\pythonXY\python.exe as the executable name; use the script name
as the first argument.

Regards,
Martin

[Earl Eiland]

O.K. I stand corrected. "auto-execute is the wrong term.
Earl

On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 14:03, rbt wrote:

Earl Eiland wrote:

How does one make a Python program auto-execute in Windows?

Earl

No program (python or other) can just arbitrarily execute. A user has to
click it or a cron-like utility (Task Scheduler) has to execute it at a
set time. registry entries (such as run) can execute programs too. Also,
proper Windows services can be configured to start at boot.

Again, nothing can just arbitrarily execute. If it could, viruses would
be a *nightmare*

[Bill]

Earl Eiland wrote:

How does one make a Python program auto-execute in Windows?

Earl

You need to have files with .py or .pyo or .py registered to open with
the python interpreter. In Windows Explorer, choose the menu item
Tools->Folder Options and select the File Types tab to see how
registered file types are set up.

On my system, for the extension .py, the "open" action has an
application string of C:\Python23\python.exe "%1" %*. For .pyw files
it's C:\Python23\pythonw.exe "%1" %*.

I can double click on a .py file and it executes, or use the command
prompt.

I believe if you install the Activestate distribution it sets up the
file registrations automatically.

Bill

[Peter Hansen]

Bill wrote:

I can double click on a .py file and it executes, or use the command
prompt.

I believe if you install the Activestate distribution it sets up the
file registrations automatically.

As does the standard Windows distribution from python.org.

-Peter