[New-bugs-announce] [issue22804] Can't run Idle in Windows 8 or windows 64

[nx u]

New submission from nx u:

Hi,

I have just downloaded and installed python34. When I run the short cut  IDLE python gui nothing happens  ( I think a command window appears briefly - not sure as this happens so quickly).  My machine runs windows 8 and 64 bit version of . I did the same on a windows 7 64 bit machine and double clicking the Python IDLE gui 32 bit doesn't work.

Not quite sure what's going on. Our machines are located in a school with GPOs controlling access and security. I am from the ICT support team. There isn't much reported on this issue on the internet either except a couple of entries in stackoverflow. But the solutions offered are far off the mark. Please help. The documentation on the Python web site is not clear or not detailed enough to diagnose the fault.

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components: IDLE
messages: 230732
nosy: nx.u
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Can't run Idle in Windows 8 or windows 64
versions: Python 3.4

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