Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: eryk sun Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: unable to open IDLE for Python3.50rc1 on windows10 64bit AMD Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 10:39:41 -0600 Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de pHjD4cNpiR6oCfG+SNPwTQo9/Ce2qgEiEx1zwA+jUW3A== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.002 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:IDLE': 0.04; 'scripts': 0.09; '[1]:': 0.09; '[2]:': 0.09; 'mess': 0.09; 'path.': 0.09; 'thu,': 0.15; '.py': 0.16; '24,': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'registry': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; '2015': 0.20; 'cc:2**0': 0.20; 'environments': 0.22; 'am,': 0.23; 'seems': 0.23; 'installation': 0.23; 'dec': 0.23; "haven't": 0.24; 'cc:addr:gmail.com': 0.24; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'figured': 0.29; 'python2.7': 0.29; 'received:209.85.213.174': 0.29; 'option': 0.31; '[1]': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'add': 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'installing': 0.35; 'path': 0.35; 'url:org': 0.36; 'received:209.85': 0.36; 'url:library': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'mac': 0.37; 'received:209.85.213': 0.37; 'virtual': 0.38; 'received:209': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'still': 0.40; 'url:3': 0.60; 'profile': 0.63; 'entry,': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=J8M762JttC13BG7bur69Y/ossf+llAxcFA28MEJSxSQ=; b=BgYiLqL9wvTBybLN/HPvBgvOS8UcWpz3tNuAQwOCCGjG1dGZNXJTyMNRpKQObX/qyq TfE5Rn/jSNO3CgFfMjVrGnq/eM6ZtgLavb1RTi2iqyicRBqeBYFmVgF8kOcUuHX+TkTt 9wUm+p+DMJqEIz66v7GXYjaCuPiwZ7k6UET37Crrs/9elQmLlqSlDA15+Mp72Sh7QSOH qO/WcNYZR0XotIEr5OC7BYwLZrV2FKD0zcYmuJ0JcavmWRb6ZiPmH0JWhN4XtVBQe1IP oDFvg+ZQhlK7wKiZqyXzSrVxIfSDDUTcgDRze6jMjHuFr5iQ7AletPfzfx9MJIqlHv8W 3BYQ== X-Received: by 10.50.156.35 with SMTP id wb3mr30077105igb.55.1450975221450; Thu, 24 Dec 2015 08:40:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:100815 On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Nicky Mac wrote: > seems the user profile PATH is a registry entry, and was not updated when I > deinstalled Python2.7 > still haven't figured out how to change it - I will NOT attempy a regedit. I don't use the option to add the installation and Scripts directories to PATH. It's a mess when installing multiple interpreters. I use the py launcher [1] and virtual environments [2], and manually add .PY to PATHEXT. [1]: https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html#python-launcher-for-windows [2]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html