[ python-Bugs-1076861 ] Bad IDLE shortcut by 2.4 installer on XP

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Bugs item #1076861, was opened at 2004-12-01 10:28
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Category: Installation
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Jean M. Brouwers (jbrouwers)
Assigned to: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Summary: Bad IDLE shortcut by 2.4 installer on XP

Initial Comment:
There is a problem with the Python 2.4 installer on
Windows XP.

The IDLE shortcut set up by the installer in the
StartUp folder does not work.  If the shortcut is
removed and recreated manually, it works fine.

That was *after* a complete reinstall of Python 2.4 and
after removing the previous version of Python 2.3 on
the machine.  With Python 2.3 present, the IDLE
shortcut installed by Python 2.4 runs the 2.3 version.

See also

<http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1074873&group_id=5470&atid=105470>

and

<http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-August/237357.html>


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>Comment By: Jean M. Brouwers (jbrouwers)
Date: 2004-12-08 19:16

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One more piece of data.  We installed Python 2.4 in
directory "C:\Program Files\Python24".  Maybe the space in
the name is causing the problem.

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Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2004-12-08 16:13

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I've added an entry to

http://www.python.org/2.4/bugs.html

now and hope to fix the problem for 2.4.1.

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