Open a text file using notepad as a help file in python?

Question

I would like to give users of my simple program the opportunity to open a help file to instruct them on how to fully utilize my program. Ideally i would like to have a littl

Answer 1

If anyone is getting an instance of internet explorer when they use import webbrowser, try declaring the full path of the specified file.

import webbrowser
import os

webbrowser.open(os.getcwd() + "/path/to/file/in/project")
#Gets the directory of the current file, then appends the path to the file

Example:

import webbrowser
import os

webbrowser.open(os.getcwd() + "/assets/ReadMe.txt")
#Will open something like "C:/Users/user/Documents/project/assets/ReadMe.txt"