How to get Spyder to open python scripts (.py files) directly from Windows Explorer

Question

I have recently installed the Anaconda distribution on Windows 7 (Anaconda 3-2.4.0-Windows-x86_64). Unlike IDLE, I can\'t right-click and open a py file in the Spyder IDE. I

Answer 1

Right now there is no way to open a file in Spyder from the Windows File Explorer when using Anaconda. But we are working to have this functionality in a future version.

It will work by adding an entry to the Open with menu you can see when doing a mouse right-click over a file on the Explorer.