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From: Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject: Re: Python 3.5.0b3(64 bit) - idle refused to work on windows 7 desktop pc.
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 19:54:20 -0400
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On 7/11/2015 5:56 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 11/07/2015 10:06, Simon Ball wrote:
>> Good morning,
>>
>> Everything else appeared to work though.
>> Kept getting the windows 'donut' telling
>> me it was doing something, but then
>> the program did not appear.
>>
>> Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 intel 64 bit pc.
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Simon Ball
>>
>> Luton
>> Bedfordshire
>> UK
>>
>
> Please state exactly what you did to try and run the program, e.g. click
> on a desktop shortcut or something on the start menu, or what you typed
> at the command line prompt.

And whether python itself runs without Idle.


-- 
Terry Jan Reedy