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“Edit with IDLE” not showing with a .pyw file

I recently changed Python version, but “Edit with IDLE” was not shown when you right clicked on a Python file.

So I headed down into Regedit and changed this:

regedit

In both Python.FileShellEdit with IDLE 3.8 (64-bit) and Python.NoConFileShellEdit with IDLE 3.8 (64-bit), the file in command is filled with this:

"C:UsersPCAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython38pythonw.exe" -m idlelib "%L" %*

But the “Edit with IDLE” option is only shown with a .py file.


With a .py file:

.py

With a .pyw file:

.pyw

So my question is: Why doesn’t Edit with IDLE show with .pyw files?

I tried reinstalling Python after completely removing it, rebooting (to see Regedit changes?) but nothing worked.
Any ideas?


Edit: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.py refers to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTPython.File and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.pyw refers to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTPython.NoConFile (didn’t change that).

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Answer

Finally I solved the problem myself.

In fact, the description of a .pyw file in the Explorer was “PYW file”, so it wasn’t attached to the .pyw in Regedit.

I don’t know why, but because I attached the .pyw extension to

C:UsersPCAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython38pythonw.exe

it wasn’t attached to .pyw in Regedit.

So I simply clicked on “Open with” and chose

C:Windowspyw.exe

And everything worked.


Edit:

I don’t know why, but because I attached the .pyw extension to

 C:UsersPCAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython38pythonw.exe

it wasn’t attached to .pyw in Regedit.

The Python38 folder just didn’t exist, I had to type Python38-32

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