[FIXED] How do I make all .py files launch with Spyder?

Issue

I installed Spyder using Anaconda, and I am able to launch the IDE using the Spyder icon in my start menu (Win10). I wanted to set my preferences to open all .py files with Spyder, so I followed the Spyder start menu button to an executable, pythonw.exe. The problem is that I cannot launch pythonw.exe by clicking it.

How does the start menu icon for Spyder, which points to pythonw.exe, launch Spyder, but clicking the executable does not yield the same results? Also, when I double click spyder.exe in Anaconda\Scripts a command prompt opens along with the IDE, which does not happen when I click the start menu icon.

Why does this application behave so much differently than any other application I've used before (if this is just how things are in python, I apologize as I'm new!) and is it possible to set Spyder as the default application to open .py files in the same way I can open source files with IDEs in other languages?

Cheers

Solution

You can right click any of your *.py file, go to properties and choose Spyder as "Opens with" choice.

Answered By - TYZ