title: Python IDLE doesn't find text files unless I specify the path
body: <p>In my Python books and also the Python Documents this code should be enough to open a file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>f = open("file.txt", "r")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But if I do this I will get an error message telling me file.txt doesn't exist. If I however use the whole path where file.txt is located it opens it:</p>
  
  <pre><code> f = open("C:/Users/Me/Python/file.txt", "r")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there an explanation for this?</p>