Running Python 2.6 GUI on Windows Vista

[Elushin]

BPO	4215
Nosy	@loewis
Superseder	bpo-4018: "for me" installer problem on x64 Vista

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2009-05-17.23:31:13.465>
created_at = <Date 2008-10-27.23:18:27.765>
labels = ['expert-IDLE', 'type-bug']
title = 'Running Python 2.6 GUI on Windows Vista'
updated_at = <Date 2009-05-17.23:31:13.442>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/Elushin'

bugs.python.org fields:

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actor = 'georg.brandl'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2009-05-17.23:31:13.465>
closer = 'georg.brandl'
components = ['IDLE']
creation = <Date 2008-10-27.23:18:27.765>
creator = 'Elushin'
dependencies = []
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issue_num = 4215
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'duplicate'
stage = None
status = 'closed'
superseder = '4018'
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue4215'
versions = ['Python 2.6']

[Elushin]

I installed Python 2.6 a few days ago and tried to launch the Python
IDLE GUI application. Nothing happened.

I've read a couple issues about previous versions of Python IDLE not
working on Windows Vista. and they recommended deleting the .idlerc
folder in the user directory as well as disabling the UAC (User Account
Control)

I've done both of these, but i still can't manage to get IDLE to run,
any help would be greatly appreciated.

[loewis]

Can you confirm that you used a "for me" installation, rather than a
"for all" installation?

If so, this is a duplicate of bpo-4018.

Please understand that the bug tracker is not a place where you get
help. Instead, it is a place where you *provide* help.