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user1047228
user1047228

Reputation: 17

Changing default save location in IDLE 3.9.13 (app) on Windows 11

I'm trying to change the default save location for IDLE 3.9.13 on Windows 11.

The answers I've seen say to locate it in the search window, then right-click and open the file location, then change the default location in 'properties'.

However the version I have installed doesn't have this option to open the location, that's only there in versions 3.7 and previous.

I thought initially that installing IDLE 3.11 from the Python.Org website would probably fix this, however when I've pasted in the directory into which I want it to save, it's defaulting to:

C:\Users\x\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311

rather than the:

C:\Users\x\OneDrive\Documents\Python project files

that I've changed it to, even though the "start in" directory seems to have changed.

Hope someone can help :)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 312

Answers (2)

Invinci
Invinci

Reputation: 1

I'm like really really late but had the same issue so I was looking for a solution online. I found a work around to get to IDLE's file locations: Open IDLE, Open your task manager and search up IDLE. It will show your current IDLE process, right click it and click expand. After that just right click the python program and boom you get to the file location. Just to clear any further confusion, you need to right click idle3.2.exe , show more options, send to desktop(it will create a shortcut) then open the properties of that SHORTCUT. Then just change the "Start in" path to your liking. Hope this helps, apologies if it's a bit long.

Upvotes: 0

user1047228
user1047228

Reputation: 17

Solution: uninstalled Python 3.11, installed using custom installation: changed install directory to c:\users\x\ - now works as expected.

Upvotes: 0

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