Run Python Script on Selected File

Instead of %1 use %*.

%1 will pass in the first argument, %* will pass all (%n will pass in the nth...)

@echo off
cls
python C:\Your\File\uploadscript.py %*

Note that the command line has built in character limits 2047 for XP and prior, 8191 for windows 7 and later

To add things such as python scripts to right click context menu, also possible is to add register keys (regedit, DISCLAIMER obviously be careful when editing the register !) in

\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell

There, add a container, name it the string you want to appear in the context menu. In it, add a key of type REG_SZ, which contains the python script launcher for instance

C:\Python27\python.exe "C:\path\to\your\script\yourscript.py"

I do not know how to make that work with the aforementionned solution for getting multiple file selections into sys.argv, but I thought this would me worth mentioning here as well.

This webpage Adding Windows context-menu actions has a nice python script that will register a context menu to pass the file path to your python script. I have not tried but it looks easy to modify this sample to what you need to do. Plus, this way it is one click less than sendTo solution I guess.

As a current beginner programmer, was none of these answers helpful. I asked a friend and he helped me with it.

Here is my solution:

Create in regedit a shortcut:

1. Press Windows Button+ R, typ in the field "regedit"
2. Choose where the files need to be placed (I would suggest "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AllFilesystemObjects\shell & HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AllFilesystemObjects\shellex ". Like that your shortcut shows on files, folder and programm)
3. Create a new key in that folder
4. Create a new key inside your new folder and call i "command"
5. In "command" you now put your file path that needs to be executed. On the end of it you put a "%1"

It should look like this:"C:\Python\folder\file.py" "%1" (Yes it works with the python file but you can also use a cmd file)

(We had a error so he changed the it a bit on my current commend file it looks like that: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\python.exe "C:\Python\folder\file.py" "%1"

The reason I cant tell you, but it works :D )

For the python file, I used the following:

import sys
sys.argv[1]
print("It worked",sys.argv[1])
while True:
v=1

With that, you have everything you need to have a shortcut and import the path.

In addition to previous answers, it is also possible to use a python script in the SendTo folder.

This allows:

• usage of try... except blocks around import statements, in case your library has moved or whatnots;
• usage of for loops on the list of arguments.

Example :

import sys

try:
    import foo
except ImportError as exc:
    print("cannot start!", exc)
    input("press Enter to close")
    sys.exit()

try:
    foo.main(sys.argv[1:])
except Exception as exc:
    print(f"Unexpected error! {exc}")
    input("press Enter to close")
    sys.exit()

input("press Enter to close")

I recommend that this script is kept minimal, and provides just the launch of a well-built Python package, with version control and classical development methods.

#step 1
#create python file name   test.py 
#this is the contenet of test.py
import sys
print(sys.argv)
input('quit ! ')

#step 2 
#convert test.py   to test.exe

#step 3
"""
chose any file and click open with and chose your (test.exe) 
now look the list printed you will understand ! 

    """