Running as an admin in Windows 7 64 bit


C:\>cd python31
cd python31

C:\Python31>python.exe lib/idlelib/idle.py
python.exe lib/idlelib/idle.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "lib/idlelib/idle.py", line 11, in <module>
    idlelib.PyShell.main()
  File "C:\Python31\lib\idlelib\PyShell.py", line 1388, in main
    shell = flist.open_shell()
  File "C:\Python31\lib\idlelib\PyShell.py", line 277, in open_shell
    self.pyshell = PyShell(self)
  File "C:\Python31\lib\idlelib\PyShell.py", line 813, in __init__
    OutputWindow.__init__(self, flist, None, None)
  File "C:\Python31\lib\idlelib\OutputWindow.py", line 16, in __init__
    EditorWindow.__init__(self, *args)
  File "C:\Python31\lib\idlelib\EditorWindow.py", line 261, in __init__
    self.update_recent_files_list()
  File "C:\Python31\lib\idlelib\EditorWindow.py", line 779, in
update_recent_files_list
    rf_file = open(self.recent_files_path, 'w')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Users\\Carey
Metcalfe\\.idlerc\\recent-files.lst'


It seems to not be able to access the recent files list (which does
exist, i checked)

The same issue is here: http://bugs.python.org/issue1743