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From: Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject: Re: Python 3.2 Idle doesn't start. No error message.
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 12:50:47 -0400
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On 5/24/2011 8:01 AM, markrrivet@aol.com wrote:
> Hello all. I have Python 2.71 installed on my Windows 7 laptop and it
> runs fine. I was having a problem with Python 3.2, 32bit, not starting
> with an error message saying this application has quit abnormally.
> That was fixed when I took the PYTHONPATH statement out of my
> environment variables. However, now when I try to start Idle, I can
> see some hard drive activity, but Idle for Python 3.2 does not start;
> nothing happens. Any clues as to the problem here?

How do you try to start it?

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy