Index: Lib/idlelib/idle.bat =================================================================== --- Lib/idlelib/idle.bat (revision 73697) +++ Lib/idlelib/idle.bat (working copy) @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ @echo off -rem Working IDLE bat for Windows - uses start instead of absolute pathname -start idle.pyw %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 +rem Start IDLE using the appropriate Python interpreter +set CURRDIR=%~dp0 +start %CURRDIR%..\..\pythonw.exe idle.pyw