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  Re: Python.exe is not a valid Win32 application error message Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 00:13 +1100
    Re: Python.exe is not a valid Win32 application error message wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2015-11-11 06:23 -0800
    Re: Python.exe is not a valid Win32 application error message Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2015-11-12 06:43 +0200
      Re: Python.exe is not a valid Win32 application error message Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 09:47 -0700

#98640 — Re: Python.exe is not a valid Win32 application error message

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 11:34 AM, M. Kamisato via Python-list
<python-list@python.org> wrote:
> I am running python on Windows XP SP3 and download version 3.5xx.  I got the above error message and could not run the program.
> I have downloaded Python version 2.7xx and it runs fine.
> Is there any way I can get version 3.5xx to run on my computer?
> Mel KamisatoBuena Park, CA

You can't get 3.5 to run on XP, no; your options are:

1) Install Python 3.4, which does support XP
2) Upgrade to a newer version of Windows (anything from Vista onward
will run 3.5; to save having to do this in future, jump straight to 7
or 10)
3) Make the jump to Linux or FreeBSD or some other OS.

When 3.5.1 is released (currently scheduled for early December),
you'll get a clear and simple error when you try to install, rather
than strange issues about it not being a valid program. That won't
change the platform support, but at least it won't be as confusing.

ChrisA

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#98642

Le mercredi 11 novembre 2015 14:13:52 UTC+1, Chris Angelico a écrit :
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 11:34 AM, M. Kamisato via Python-list
> <python-list@python.org> wrote:
> > I am running python on Windows XP SP3 and download version 3.5xx.  I got the above error message and could not run the program.
> > I have downloaded Python version 2.7xx and it runs fine.
> > Is there any way I can get version 3.5xx to run on my computer?
> > Mel KamisatoBuena Park, CA
> 
> You can't get 3.5 to run on XP, no; your options are:
> 
> 1) Install Python 3.4, which does support XP
> 2) Upgrade to a newer version of Windows (anything from Vista onward
> will run 3.5; to save having to do this in future, jump straight to 7
> or 10)
> 3) Make the jump to Linux or FreeBSD or some other OS.
> 
> When 3.5.1 is released (currently scheduled for early December),
> you'll get a clear and simple error when you try to install, rather
> than strange issues about it not being a valid program. That won't
> change the platform support, but at least it won't be as confusing.
> 
> ChrisA


or
4) Use a serious language. Not a language that crashes
as soon as you are using a non ascii character.

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#98670

On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 00:13:29 +1100, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 11:34 AM, M. Kamisato via Python-list
><python-list@python.org> wrote:
>> I am running python on Windows XP SP3 and download version 3.5xx.  I got the above error message and could not run the program.
>> I have downloaded Python version 2.7xx and it runs fine.
>> Is there any way I can get version 3.5xx to run on my computer?
>> Mel KamisatoBuena Park, CA
>
>You can't get 3.5 to run on XP, no; your options are:
>
>1) Install Python 3.4, which does support XP
>2) Upgrade to a newer version of Windows (anything from Vista onward
>will run 3.5; to save having to do this in future, jump straight to 7
>or 10)
>3) Make the jump to Linux or FreeBSD or some other OS.

That is useful to know. 

I get messages (from Glary Utilities) that some of my programs
(including Python) need to be updated, but when I've downloaded and
updated them, the update hasn't worked. 


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#98706

On 11/11/2015 09:43 PM, Steve Hayes wrote:
> That is useful to know.
> 
> I get messages (from Glary Utilities) that some of my programs 
> (including Python) need to be updated, but when I've downloaded and 
> updated them, the update hasn't worked.

Such utilities seem to cause more trouble than they're worth.

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