Problems with IDLE and NOTEPAD++

[ihsh]

I just started learning python (version: 2.7.1), and I have tried using IDLE and NOTEPAD++. However, both have quite major issues.

IDLE:
Everything works perfectly if I right click on a .py file, and select "edit with IDLE." A python shell/IDLE window comes up, with the prewritten code inside.

However, it's extremely difficult for me to start up a blank IDLE screen.

Whenever I click on the IDLE shortcut--found in the Python folder--a Windows installer window comes up, and starts "installing" Python 2.7.1.
The same things occurs again and again no matters how many times the thing has been "installed."

And if I directly open IDLE (at C:\Python27\Lib\idlelib\idle.py), a black command line screen springs up, and the python shell window only appears after a few seconds.

Screenshot:
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Notepad++:
To run a python program in notepad++, I followed the instructions found here.

Everything works well, except that the directories for file IO become messed up. Usually you can just specify a file name, and the file will be created/opened in the same directory as the python program. But with notepad++, I have had to specify the entire path of the file for fileIO to work.

Does anyone know how to fix either of the above problems?

Thanks.

[Zren]

Use PyScripter.

[ihsh]

Zren @ Sun May 27, 2012 4:18 pm wrote:

Use PyScripter.

Thanks, I will probably use this in the future.

But do you know why there are such problems with IDLE?

[Zren]

Use the idle.pyw. That's what the idle.bat uses which is probably what the shortcut calls. The .pyw file extension will use pythonw.exe which suppresses the console window.

http://docs.python.org/using/windows.html#executing-scripts