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@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ The script can be given an executable mode, or permission, using the
$ chmod +x myscript.py
+On Windows systems, there is no notion of an "executable mode". The Python
+installer automatically associates ``.py`` files with ``python.exe`` so that
+a double-click on a Python file will run it as a script. The extension can
+also be ``.pyw``, in that case, the console window that normally appears is
+suppressed.
+
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