Question

I am looking for way to exit the python shell without the Kill? popup

print ("Hello")
print ("Press any key to exit")
ex = raw_input ("")
exit

I am talking about the python shell for windows not the command prompt.

This is the popup I want to ignore and close the program after the user has hit any key.

Answer 1

Add parenthesis after the exit() to call the exit function. As it is now, it is not executing it as a function.

The following will exit the script without showing a command prompt, but you will still need to exit IDLE on your own.

import os

print ("Hello")
print ("Press any key to exit")
ex = raw_input ("")
os._exit(0)