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| From | Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Idle no longer works |
| Date | 2012-08-11 21:59 -0400 |
| References | <94cc6490-ef15-4835-88c1-fa17347e03f4@googlegroups.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.3205.1344736806.4697.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 8/11/2012 7:09 PM, Opap-OJ wrote: > I can no longer open the Idle IDE for Python on Windows 7. > > For 3-5 years I used Idle for all my python work. But in January > this happens: > > When I right click on a python file and choose "open with Idle" > nothing happens. > > If I double-click on the file itself, it briefly opens an MS-DOS > looking window, then closes it immediately. That should run the file and discard the output. Above is typical > Any idea why? *Something* very specific to your system changed. Either registry associations for .py are screwed, or your Python installation is damaged. Easiest fix is to uninstall and re-install Python. But download a more recent version first. Uninstall might not be needed, but makes process more like to work. In the regular interactive command prompt interpreter import idlelib.idle should start idle. -- Terry Jan Reedy
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Idle no longer works Opap-OJ <opiney597@yahoo.com> - 2012-08-11 16:09 -0700
Re: Idle no longer works Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu> - 2012-08-11 17:30 -0700
Re: Idle no longer works Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-08-11 21:59 -0400
Re: Idle no longer works jussij@zeusedit.com - 2012-08-13 00:11 -0700
Re: Idle no longer works Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-08-13 13:43 -0400
Re: Idle no longer works Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-08-13 14:14 -0400
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