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Last updated: 02:22AM 04/15/08

So I double click an attachment in Thunderbird that is a Python script, I get prompted with how I wish to open the attachment with the default being Notepad. I hit OK and am a bit surprised that the script executes instead…

I’m note sure who is at fault here. Either Thunderbird is lying or mis-using it’s explorer interface to determine default action, or Python’s installer has done something funky with how Python files are opened…

System Settings

  • Windows Vista (patched but not SP1)
  • Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (20080213)
  • Python 2.5.1 Windows Installer

Tags:
weblog Thunderbird Python security Windows Vista