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IDLE fails to launch if 2.3 is installed to "Program Files" #38976
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Reproducible on Windows XP SP1. If one changes the install path to If one installs to "C:\Python23\" or "C:\Python\", it works.
Where is it recommended? The installer should warn the
So recommending that the install occur in \Python23\ |
Logged In: YES Yep, this bit me, too. This bug is caused by: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=436259&group_id=5470&atid=105470 As that bug notes, distutils already works around this. Hey, maybe the workaround could be polished and published as Cheers, and thanks for Python. |
Logged In: YES Should the windows installer be modified to warn when the |
Logged In: YES Now works with spaces in path. |
Logged In: YES um, release23-maint |
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