How to make a python file executable in windows

Question

We used to make a python file executable by chmod +x manage.py. So we were able to execute like this ./manage.py. But i am using windows CLI and what command should i used to make that manage.py executable. I am not able to understand from the docs of python.org

Answer 1

You can do it this way:

1. Right Click on the a .py file and go to Properties.
2. Click "Change" on "Opens With" and browse for the location of your python executeable.

Suppose Python is installed in "D:\Program Files\Python\python.exe" then you need to key in

D:\Program Files\Python\python.exe "%1" %*