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<div data-externalstyle="false" dir="ltr" style="font-family: 'Calibri', 'Segoe UI', 'Meiryo', 'Microsoft YaHei UI', 'Microsoft JhengHei UI', 'Malgun Gothic', 'sans-serif';font-size:12pt;"><div>I am on Windows 8, Python 3.3.4 and 3.3.3 and all previous versions exhibit the same problem on my Windows 8 PC. This problem occurred out of nowhere overnight. It was working fine for months until today.</div><div>> I tried to open a file and nothing happened. If I tried to open a .py file<br>> (any .py file) from an existing instance of IDLE, it briefly flashed up a<br>> new window and then closed both the new window and the existing window<br>> (normally it opens the requested in a new window leaving the existing window<br>> untouched).<br>><br>> If I launch the Python GUI it opens a Python Shell fine. But as soon as I<br>> try to open a file (including a "new" file), it closes the Shell.<br>><br>> I rebooted the machine. Same problem.<br>><br>> I repaired the Python installation and rebooted. Same problem.<br>><br>> I uninstalled Python. Rebooted. Deleted the Python33 directory entirely.<br>> Rebooted. Installed Python. Rebooted. Same problem.<br>><br>> Everything else on the system appears to be working just fine.<br>><br>> Any ideas what the problem might be or how else I might go about fixing<br>> things?<br><br><br></div><div data-signatureblock="true"><div><br></div><div>Sent from Windows Mail</div><div><br></div></div></div>
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