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Title: IDLE fails - Python V2.7.6 - 64b on Win7 64b
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: IDLE Versions: Python 2.7
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Status: closed Resolution: works for me
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: bob7wake, terry.reedy
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2013-11-14 16:30 by bob7wake, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (3)
msg202856 - (view) Author: Bob Wake (bob7wake) Date: 2013-11-14 16:30
IDLE won't start on Python 2.7.6, 64 bit running on Windows 7, 64 bit.  It crashes in less than 1 second, before opening a window.  Python appears to work from the command line.  The CPU is a quad core i7 with 8GB memory and 2TB disk space.
msg203004 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2013-11-16 02:21
Report like this should initially go to python-list as the problem is probably idiosyncratic to your machine. I have a similar setup, just installed 2.7.6, and Idle seems to work fine.

Open a Windows console (AllPrograms/Accessories/CommandPrompt), cd to your 2.7 director, and try to start idle as below

C:\Users\Terry>cd /programs/python27
C:\Programs\Python27>python -m idlelib.idle

You should see an error message. Perhaps about tkinter. If so, try re-installing and make sure that tcl/tk are checked to be installed.
msg208759 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-01-22 08:43
There is insufficient info for any action on our part.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:53adminsetgithub: 63783
2014-01-22 08:43:40terry.reedysetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: works for me
messages: + msg208759

stage: resolved
2013-11-16 02:21:42terry.reedysettype: crash -> behavior

messages: + msg203004
nosy: + terry.reedy
2013-11-14 16:30:00bob7wakecreate