How to open PYW files in Windows 8

Question

Someone gave me a python file to open and use as a resource. The only issue is I don't know anything about python, it's very different from my basic knowledge of coding.

The file is not a normal .py file, but rather a console-less .pyw file. I have imported the newest version of python and installed PySide, but I have had no successful attempts at opening the file.

I was wondering if someone might know how to open this kind of file? Does it need to be somewhere specific?

Answer 1

Right-click the file, click properties, under general it says "opens with:"... Click the "Change" button to the right of that, and then click more options. On that menu there should be an option called "pythonw" click that. Then on the bottom-right click "apply", then "OK". Then just double-click on the file and it should run with no console window so you won't be able to see it running.