How to add "create a new python file" to the registry

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Published on 2013-11-04T23:12:14Z Indexed on 2013/11/10 16:00 UTC
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I have Python 3.2 on a windows 7 operating system. The other day I thought that it would be convenient to add a link to create a new .py file in the right hand click "new" menu. I had worked with the registry before and looked up how to add an item to the "new" menu, but when I got to the registry under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT the .py extension key was not there. I only know how to add something to the "new" menu using the extension key. I searched the web, but could not come up with any other ways. Python works perfectly fine, and I don't want to mess anything up by adding the extension key. So here are my questions:

Will I mess up python or something else by adding a .py key?( I know it is dangerous to work with the registry, that is why I am looking for a safe solution) If not how can I go about doing this?

OR

Is there a different way to add "create a new python file" to the "new" menu? If so how can I do it?

OR

If the only way is very complicated should I forget about it?

Thank you in advance.

P.S I originally posted on Stack Overflow that they told me to move it over here.

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