Here's some more info on this:
When I use the Win2k feature to search for files, it turns up python.exe in the \cygwin\bin directory. The file size is shown as 24 bytes. Mighty small for an executable. The file is hidden. This is evidently the guy who was caussing the problem.
Why does cygwin include a hidden file that hides python on the path?
Al Christians wrote:
I started having some problems running python programs (python 2.3) from the Win2k command line. I would get crashes with an NTVDM error. Even just executing python would cause it. I upgraded to python 2.3.5, and no difference. When I rearranged my path to move cygwin and a bunch of other stuff (.net, etc) after C:\python23, the problem went away.
Is this problem known to anyone but me? Any diagnosis, solution of 12 or fewer steps, or support group? If I'm distributing python programs (python 2.3.5 packaged with py2exe) should I warn or notify the recipients that this is a possible problem with the programs?
TIA
Al
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