I am on Windows 7 64 bit. Issue occurs trying to open IDLE or Module Docs.

My problem is very similar to this one: http://bugs.python.org/issue8247
Also, it is almost identical to this: http://bugs.python.org/issue7265

Followed the directions in issue 7265, here is the error message. 


c:\Python26>python.exe Lib\idlelib\idle.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Lib\idlelib\idle.py", line 6, in <module>
    import PyShell
  File "c:\Python26\Lib\idlelib\PyShell.py", line 14, in <module>
    import macosxSupport
  File "c:\Python26\Lib\idlelib\macosxSupport.py", line 6, in <module>
    import Tkinter
  File "c:\Python26\lib\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 38, in <module>
    import FixTk
  File "c:\Python26\lib\lib-tk\FixTk.py", line 63, in <module>
    import _tkinter
ImportError: DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.


Note that I am definitely running Windows 64 bit, and I definitely downloaded the 64 bit version of Python. Also, I did not apply the fix that worked in 7265 because first of all, that wasn't the issue, (here I can't import tkinter, there he couldn't open a file), and secondly, I don't have the file he mentioned that he unhid.

I can confirm this behaviour and error. On Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit.

Further information, this was an issue for me in 2.6.4, but with 2.6.5 it appears to no longer be an issue.

Joseph, please mention which version of Python you are trying this with. If 2.6.4, please try with 2.6.5 to see if it still happens.

I'm using python version 2.6.5.

Is this still a problem with 2.7?

Joseph, Jeff,

Is this still a valid issue with the latest release of IDLE?

Seems to work fine for me, operating system still Windows 64 bit, Python
2.7.2, IDLE 2.7.2

On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Roger Serwy <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:

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> Roger Serwy <roger.serwy@gmail.com> added the comment:
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> Joseph, Jeff,
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> Is this still a valid issue with the latest release of IDLE?
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> status: open -> pending
> type:  -> behavior
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> <http://bugs.python.org/issue8820>
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Thank you for your feedback. I will close this issue since it is now out of date.