[issue9016] IDLE won't launch (Win XP)
New submission from Jon Seger : I upgraded from 2.5.2 to 2.6.5 on a WinXP system. Console interpreter worked fine, but IDLE would not launch (quit without displaying anything on screen). Same with 2.6.4. Finally tried 2.5.4, which works as expected (like the old 2.5.2). -- components: IDLE messages: 107990 nosy: jonseger priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: IDLE won't launch (Win XP) type: behavior versions: Python 2.6 ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue9016> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue9016] IDLE won't launch (Win XP)
Jon Seger added the comment: Here's the result of doing what Martin asked (and then launching the interpreter, to confirm that it's the 2.5.4 version that I installed on Thursday just before submitting my original bug report). C:\PYTHON25 is the first item in the PATH. C:\Python25\Lib\idlelib\idle.py exists, and IDLE launches properly when I double-click its icon on the desktop. But Python scripts (including idle.py and all of my own) do not show the Python icon. Renaming .idlerc has no effect except that IDLE now doesn't have a list of recent files. Or did you mean to try this after installing one of the later (2.6) versions of Python, under which IDLE would not launch? Is this looking like a registry problem? -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue9016> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue9016] IDLE won't launch (Win XP)
Jon Seger added the comment: Actually I did do exactly what Martin requested, but then somehow I failed to include the output in my message, which doesn't really make sense as a result. How embarrassing! I apologize. I thought I had included something like the following: C:\Documents and Settings\jon\Desktop>python Lib\idlelib\idle.py python: can't open file 'Lib\idlelib\idle.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory Same response with forward or back slashes in the argument. However, if I give python the full path (either with forward or back slashes), then it successfully launches IDLE: C:\Documents and Settings\jon\Desktop>python c:/python25/Lib/idlelib/ idle.py Now my remark about c:\Python25 being the first item in the path should make more sense than it did in the message as I sent it! Again, this is all with 2.5.4, the installation that DOES launch IDLE when I click the desktop icon. I'll try later today with 2.6.5. -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue9016> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
