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Title: IDLE won't open if it can't read recent-files.lst
Type: Stage: needs patch
Components: IDLE Versions: Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 2.7
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Status: closed Resolution: duplicate
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: michael.foord, roger.serwy
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2011-12-29 12:13 by michael.foord, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg150327 - (view) Author: Michael Foord (michael.foord) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-12-29 12:13
Reported by a user. Reported on Windows but probably not Windows specific.

If IDLE doesn't have permission to read the recent-files.lst file then it crashes. (When launched with pythonw.exe on Windows it silently fails to open with no error message to the user.)

As the recent file list isn't "core functionality", IDLE should be able to run without access to this file. 

Attached is a screenshot of the traceback when IDLE is launched from the console.
msg150334 - (view) Author: Roger Serwy (roger.serwy) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-12-29 16:54
This is a duplicate of issue4625 and was fixed.

The silently failing is part of issue13582.
msg150336 - (view) Author: Michael Foord (michael.foord) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-12-29 17:43
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Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:25adminsetgithub: 57884
2011-12-29 17:43:21michael.foordsetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: duplicate
messages: + msg150336
2011-12-29 16:54:29roger.serwysetnosy: + roger.serwy
messages: + msg150334
2011-12-29 12:13:30michael.foordcreate