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On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> On 2/24/2015 3:13 PM, blakemalc66@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> I too can not get idle to run on win 8.1 using python3.4.2 installed from
>> the python-3.4.2.amd64.msi.
>
>
> What experience have others had with Idle and Windows 8?
>
> The OP for
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28633690/python-installation-troubleshooting
>
> wrote in a comment "I am invoking it from a win8 startmenu program, so I
> tried to do it via the normal windows 8 interface and it works from there,"
>
> I do not know what 'normal windows 8 interface' means, but does it work for
> anyone else?
>
>> pythonw.exe appears in the task manager but no gui is displayed.
>
>
> pythonw.exe should appear *twice* in task manager.
> Please try 3.4.3rc1 and 3.5.0a1
> https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/
>
> If the Idle does not start correctly on Win 8, perhaps we could fix it
> before 3.4.3 final (which should be soon).

I just tried both of those (32-bit only) in a Windows 8.1 VM and had
no problems starting Idle.