Hi,

For some reason I have recently lost the ability to open IDLE for python 2.6.2.

I was able to open it for 2.5 without issue. I reinstalled 2.6.2 several times, removed 2.5, tried 2.6.5 instead, still cannot load IDLE. I can load the python command prompt however.

When attempting to run idle through cmd.exe I get an error in line 3 of pyshell.py

"import os
ImportError: No module named os"

Any help on this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Why do you think this is a bug in Python? It rather sounds like you misconfigured your system somehow. Without access to the system, it is difficult to guess what the misconfiguration might be, though.

Thanks for the reply.

I have used idle before on this system without issue, and since 2.5 worked I figured there was some difference between 2.5 and 2.6 which was causing the issue.

I have found since that the issue is likely not with idle at all however, but rather with the modules... while the python command line works I am unable to use it to run one of my scripts. Attempting to run through cmd revealed that it was failing as it could not import shutil.

I am new to this help system so apologies if i have miscategorised this issue. Since it seems the nature of the problem is not what I initially thought I will move it to extension modules.

I have no idea if it is relevant, but I am running on XP pro SP3.

Thanks

> I am new to this help system

Please understand that this is not a help system at all.
Instead, it is a bug tracker: a way for people to contribute
to Python, by reporting bugs or contributing code. For help,
please contact one of the Python help forums, such as
python-list@python.org (aka news:comp.lang.python).

Sorry, I guess I misunderstood the function as I saw some issues which appeared similar in style to my own.

Never mind this then I will seek help elsewhere. Thankyou.