[WinPartners] python 2.5 IDLE problem

[Barbara Santorella]

Hi Aran,

I have seen cases where a user account becomes corrupted.  Have you 
tried creating a new account for the user?  I know it's a pain because 
you have to reproduce all of the permissions, groups, etc., particularly 
if it's a domain account, but it might work.

Barbara Santorella
System Administrator
MIT Bates

Aran M. Parillo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to trouble shoot a python (2.5) install on an xp machine.
>
> The program installs fine and runs from a couple accounts on the machine 
> but the main account it needs to run on (which does have admin permissions).
>
> In particular, IDLE does not launch.  It just fails w/o any complaint.
>
> I've done multiple remove/reinstalls and registry cleanings and the 
> problem does not seem to be a permissions issue as we can launch IDLE 
> from other users on the same machine without problem.
>
> Is there some kind of "environ" type setting that perhaps has been set 
> (via other installs?) on this users account that's preventing launch? 
> I'm thinking like the paths in .configs in unix/linux shells?
>
> Or... are there by user firewall specific items?  I ask this since some 
> of the reading I've done on this problem suggest firewalls as having an 
> impact on IDLE launching.
>
> Basically I'm calling out to anyone with Python on windows experience 
> for some tips/techniques on where to dig deeper to solve this issue!
> :-)
>
> THANKS!
>
> Aran
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