[python-win32] Pythonwin starts, displays main window, interactive window 'frame', then exits

[Mark Hammond]

On 29/12/2008 5:50 AM, Matthias Ekman wrote:
>  > Try deleting your "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Python 2.5" (using
>  > whatever version of Python you are using) key - this may have garbage
>  > which causes MFC to get upset as it starts.
>
> deleting "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Python 2.5" (Python 2.6 in my case)
> works fine for me ... BUT ... on next start up of pythonwin editor a new
> entry is created. So do I have to deleate
> "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Python 2.5" *everytime* I use pythonwin?
> There might be a better solution?

Do you have build 212?  If so, it is expected the key will be 
re-created, but it should *not* fill with the garbage that caused the 
original problem.  Can you tell us what is in that key?

Cheers,

Mark