I uninstalled Python and Pythonwin. I verified that there was nothing left in the registry or the startup folder. I reinstalled Python using Python-2.3.4.exe and Pythonwin using win32all-163.exe.
It's still broke. The shortcut in the startup folder says Target: C:\Python23\Pythonwin.exe Start in: C:\Python23\lib\site-packages When I open Pythonwin that way, once I open a file from the File menu, the menu buttons on the new window and on the main Pythonwin frame become inoperable. I can keep that from happening by changing the Target to C:\Python23\lib\site-packages\pythonwin\start_pythonwin.pyw. (Just a wild guess on my part.) But then there's a different problem. When I try to run a module, I get the message, Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\PYTHON23\lib\site-packages\Pythonwin\pywin\framework\scriptutils.py", line 307, in RunScript debugger.run(codeObject, __main__.__dict__, start_stepping=0) File "C:\PYTHON23\lib\site-packages\Pythonwin\pywin\debugger\__init__.py", line 60, in run _GetCurrentDebugger().run(cmd, globals,locals, start_stepping) File "C:\PYTHON23\lib\site-packages\Pythonwin\pywin\debugger\__init__.py", line 35, in _GetCurrentDebugger _CheckNeedGUI() File "C:\PYTHON23\lib\site-packages\Pythonwin\pywin\debugger\__init__.py", line 21, in _CheckNeedGUI pywin.framework.app.CreateDefaultGUI(dbgpyapp.DebuggerPythonApp) File "C:\PYTHON23\lib\site-packages\Pythonwin\pywin\framework\app.py", line 392, in CreateDefaultGUI appClass().InitInstance() File "C:\PYTHON23\lib\site-packages\Pythonwin\pywin\debugger\dbgpyapp.py", line 33, in InitInstance win32ui.LoadStdProfileSettings(numMRU) win32ui: The profile settings have already been loaded. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list