[issue30823] os.startfile("") craches Python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5 in Windows 7

2017-07-01 Thread morris wang
Changes by morris wang <morris.m.z.w...@gmail.com>: -- title: os.startfile("") craches Python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5 -> os.startfile("") craches Python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5 in Windows 7 ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org>

[issue30823] os.startfile("") craches Python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5

2017-07-01 Thread morris wang
New submission from morris wang: try... except... won't catch it. import os try: os.startfile("") except: pass crashes python, resulting in error message "python has stopped working" -- messages: 297487 nosy: morris wang priority: normal severity: norma