Thomas Kember added the comment: I ran what you said. Here's what I got.
C:\Python34>c:\python34\python.exe -m idlelib.idle Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:\python34\lib\runpy.py", line 170, in _run_module_as_main "__main__", mod_spec) File "c:\python34\lib\runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code exec(code, run_globals) File "c:\python34\lib\idlelib\idle.py", line 10, in <module> import idlelib.PyShell File "c:\python34\lib\idlelib\PyShell.py", line 29, in <module> from idlelib.EditorWindow import EditorWindow, fixwordbreaks File "c:\python34\lib\idlelib\EditorWindow.py", line 22, in <module> from idlelib.configHandler import idleConf File "c:\python34\lib\idlelib\configHandler.py", line 703, in <module> idleConf=IdleConf() File "c:\python34\lib\idlelib\configHandler.py", line 171, in __init__ self.LoadCfgFiles() File "c:\python34\lib\idlelib\configHandler.py", line 694, in LoadCfgFiles self.userCfg[key].Load() #same keys File "c:\python34\lib\idlelib\configHandler.py", line 68, in Load self.read(self.file) File "c:\python34\lib\configparser.py", line 672, in read self._read(fp, filename) File "c:\python34\lib\configparser.py", line 1058, in _read raise MissingSectionHeaderError(fpname, lineno, line) configparser.MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers. file: 'C:\\Users\\Tomk\\.idlerc\\config-extensions.cfg', line: 1 '\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0 0\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00' ________________________________ From: SilentGhost <rep...@bugs.python.org> To: t.kemb...@btinternet.com Sent: Sunday, 13 July 2014, 13:15 Subject: [issue21973] Can't use Idle SilentGhost added the comment: This is the normal content of idle.bat Could you run `c:\python34\python.exe -m idlelib.idle` from the command-line and post the output here? ---------- components: +IDLE nosy: +SilentGhost, kbk, roger.serwy, terry.reedy _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21973> _______________________________________ ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21973> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com