Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!border1.nntp.ams1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!bcyclone01.am1.xlned.com!bcyclone01.am1.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed8.news.xs4all.nl!nzpost1.xs4all.net!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'python,': 0.02; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.05; 'installed.': 0.05; 'upgraded': 0.05; 'subject:Windows': 0.09; 'expected.': 0.09; 'path.': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'bug': 0.10; 'python': 0.10; 'anyway': 0.11; '"python': 0.16; '--version': 0.16; 'command,': 0.16; 'hurts': 0.16; 'install.': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:after': 0.16; 'tjg': 0.16; 'url:ftp': 0.16; 'usual.': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'later': 0.16; 'thanks.': 0.18; 'language': 0.19; '>>>': 0.20; 'versions': 0.20; 'tracker': 0.20; 'machine': 0.21; '64-bit': 0.22; 'lawrence': 0.22; 'ok.': 0.22; 'file.': 0.22; 'seems': 0.23; 'this:': 0.23; 'recognized': 0.24; 'tim': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.24; 'url:bugs': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.26; 'command': 0.26; 'installed': 0.26; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.26; 'compatible': 0.27; 'external': 0.27; 'went': 0.28; 'record': 0.29; 'repair': 0.29; 'subject:update': 0.29; 'raise': 0.29; "i'm": 0.30; 'somebody': 0.30; 'says': 0.32; 'anybody': 0.32; 'language.': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.33; 'raised': 0.33; 'surely': 0.33; 'running': 0.34; 'gives': 0.35; 'skip:c 30': 0.35; 'could': 0.35; 'happened': 0.35; 'subject:use': 0.35; 'should': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'thanks': 0.37; 'received:org': 0.37; 'version': 0.38; 'files': 0.38; 'does': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'mark': 0.40; 'still': 0.40; 'url:3': 0.60; 'your': 0.60; 'default': 0.61; 'further': 0.62; 'confirm': 0.62; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.62; 'matter': 0.63; 'more': 0.63; 'url:0': 0.63; 'our': 0.64; 'here': 0.66; 'business': 0.69; '(ie': 0.84; 'expect.': 0.84; 'pythonistas,': 0.84; 'seeing,': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Can't use Python Launcher on Windows after update to 3.5 Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 23:46:37 +0100 References: <55F15981.8030804@timgolden.me.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.147.66.69 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 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: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 53 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1442184416 news.xs4all.nl 23762 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:41244 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl X-Received-Bytes: 5732 X-Received-Body-CRC: 45023870 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:96530 On 10/09/2015 16:56, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 10/09/2015 11:20, Tim Golden wrote: >> On 10/09/2015 00:52, Mark Lawrence wrote: >>> I've installed 3.5 for all users so it's in C:\Program Files >>> >>> From >>> https://docs.python.org/3.5/using/windows.html#from-the-command-line it >>> says "System-wide installations of Python 3.3 and later will put the >>> launcher on your PATH. The launcher is compatible with all available >>> versions of Python, so it does not matter which version is installed. To >>> check that the launcher is available, execute the following command in >>> Command Prompt:", but:- >>> >>> C:\Users\Mark\Documents\MyPython>py -3.4 >>> 'py' is not recognized as an internal or external command, >>> operable program or batch file. >>> >>> Further running ftype shows nothing for Python, assoc just gives this >>> .pyproj=VisualStudio.Launcher.pyproj.14.0. Surely this is wrong? >>> >>> Before I go to the bug tracker to raise an issue could somebody please >>> confirm what I'm seeing, thanks. >>> >> >> Well I've just installed 64-bit 3.5.0rc4 via the web installer (ie this: >> https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.0/python-3.5.0rc4-amd64-webinstall.exe) >> >> onto a machine with 64-bit 3.4.2 already installed. I went for the >> default install. >> >> It all seems to be ok and py -3.4 --version gives me "Python 3.4.2" as >> expected. assoc/ftype both look ok. c:\windows\py.exe has the versions & >> dates I expect. >> >> TJG >> > > So I ran the 64-bit 3.5.0rc4 via the web installer and still no joy. Ran > repair with same and it's business as usual. I'm not that bothered, > it's here for the record should anybody else come searching, so chalk it > up to experience and move on. Thanks anyway :) > Exactly the same thing happened when I upgraded to 3.5.0. so raised http://bugs.python.org/issue25089 just in case it hurts other people more than it hurts me. -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence