Python 3.13 issues – Idle missing – run py files from Documents folder. /u/Sensitive_Row8679 Python Education

In the past I’ve used Python 3.10 and I’m guessing those installations automatically came with Idle.

Today, on a new machine I’ve installed Python 3.13 – but as near as I can tell Idle has not been installed. The Python 3.13 shell operates in a non-convenient directory – the directory where the Python program was installed. C:Users<username>AppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython313

Simple directory commands (such as listing files & directories, and changing directories) in the Python 3.13 shell is either pain or gives error messages. I used import os and commands such as os.chdir(). There’s got to be a better way.

I’d rather store and run my *.py code from the normal Documents directory. I need help either setting up what I have to work in the Documents directory or help installing Idle which seems to be missing from this package.

Thoughts?

EDIT: Okay, here’s how I changed the directory.

import os

os.chdir(r”<path>”)

EDIT: I can’t run any py script. I’m in my Documents directory. ‘py’ is not defined. Every little thing with python is just broken.

In the past I’ve used Python 3.10 and I’m guessing those installations automatically came with Idle.

Today, on a new machine I’ve installed Python 3.13 – but as near as I can tell Idle has not been installed. The Python 3.13 shell operates in a non-convenient directory – the directory where the Python program was installed. C:Users<username>AppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython313

Simple directory commands (such as listing files & directories, and changing directories) in the Python 3.13 shell is either pain or gives error messages. I used import os and commands such as os.chdir(). There’s got to be a better way.

I’d rather store and run my *.py code from the normal Documents directory. I need help either setting up what I have to work in the Documents directory or help installing Idle which seems to be missing from this package.

Thoughts?

EDIT: Okay, here’s how I changed the directory.

import os

os.chdir(r”<path>”)

EDIT: I can’t run any py script. I’m in my Documents directory. ‘py’ is not defined. Every little thing with python is just broken.