Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!usenet.stanford.edu!panix!gordon From: John Gordon Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Unable to Launch Python 2.7 after Windows 8.1 Update Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 21:16:14 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: panix1.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1391375774 9555 166.84.1.1 (2 Feb 2014 21:16:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 21:16:14 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: nn/6.7.3 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:65284 In Allison Gray writes: > I recently obtained a new laptop with Windows 8.1 and installed Python 2.7.= > Everything was working fine. Then after my first update, I was unable to l= > aunch Python. After clicking the Python icon, the thinking cursor activated= > , but Python never opened. I restored my laptop to a time before the update= > , and am now able to run Python. I have changed my automatic update setting= > to prevent this from happening again but this is less than ideal. Has anyo= > ne had this problem? Does anyone know what Windows setting would prevent Py= > thon IDLE from opening?=20 Try opening a command window and run Python from there; that way you'll be able to see any error mesages that crop up. -- John Gordon Imagine what it must be like for a real medical doctor to gordon@panix.com watch 'House', or a real serial killer to watch 'Dexter'.