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 16:50:04 -0600 Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de m+wMAt3LDP/u3gWALAci6AUwLTG1XU/uE7E5EvL7SWZQ== 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; 'received:209.85.223': 0.03; 'subject:IDLE': 0.04; '"my': 0.09; 'front,': 0.09; 'modifies': 0.09; 'thu,': 0.15; 'value.': 0.15; '24,': 0.16; 'beginning.': 0.16; 'installer,': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'reedy': 0.16; 'registry.': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; '2015': 0.20; 'cc:2**0': 0.20; '(the': 0.22; 'meant': 0.22; "user's": 0.22; 'dec': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.24; 'install': 0.25; 'installed': 0.26; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'end,': 0.29; 'formed': 0.29; 'guess': 0.31; 'environment,': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'on,': 0.35; 'path': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.36; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.36; 'pm,': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'expect': 0.37; 'version': 0.38; 'received:209': 0.38; 'log': 0.38; 'end': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'where': 0.40; 'different': 0.63; 'user,': 0.67; '3.5.1': 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=0WAXCG/f9xNV+VDQ0PlY1G6r9JwtieGXfDSTq4CLTQE=; b=NxRpTV2JnbsGC1rc/pUws1U37CiIM6Fb5whnaz+a/r/h9kShqDq13bOLy/tKgzxXLC sUdS+uu58SnV8/rPTdE7fOa2M23YGgvKLxgYTiDh/oZglDlo+nf6ix926iZZ+V1idcZd f8P/SSBdYUUFZi3Cw9SDJtW6KthYC3cTbR7ZJ0utXIWmqg4qx1rsbY+SBvFAtkMWyCNS +vhGuwjtLHlkOckAi8ZDGTbT7vKMkUWgKyuBP8wdTeoHPM1uC0JCV0js03T8JUYFGwCb t2UT6xfuGEhZiAGga/DcAHcRB7gDy+BaMQRYUxWvsiw1QKx3uGJZu34902JyB21OHfT4 K5Jw== X-Received: by 10.107.165.69 with SMTP id o66mr44861913ioe.103.1450997444445; Thu, 24 Dec 2015 14:50:44 -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:100844 On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Terry Reedy wrote: >> somehow the new py3.5 has been added to the end, not the beginning. >> guess this path is what you meant by "my profile". > > Bizarre. I just installed 3.5.1 on top of 3.5.1rc1, on Win10 with the 64bit > .exe installer, and the 3.5 dirs are at the front, where I expect them. Are > you using a different version of installer? (The web version?) If you install just for the current user, the installer modifies only the user's "HKCU\Environment" key in the registry. When you log on, or when Explorer reloads its environment, the value of PATH is formed by concatenating the user value to the end of the system value.