[issue29037] Python 2.7.13 prints version header and exits immediately on Windows 10 x64

[A.B., Khalid]

New submission from A.B., Khalid:

I updated my Python 2.7.12 to 2.7.13 on Windows 10 x64. When I run it in Windows command prompt shell, Python prints the version header and then exits immediately. Like so:

"""
E:\Users\thisuser>python
Python 2.7.13 (v2.7.13:a06454b1afa1, Dec 17 2016, 20:53:40) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

E:\Users\thisuser>
"""

This did not happen before.

The same happens when Python is run from a powershell. I have no problems running ipython or jupyter notebook, however. And Python does the right thing when run under MSYS2, like so:

"""
$ python -i
Python 2.7.13 (v2.7.13:a06454b1afa1, Dec 17 2016, 20:53:40) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
"""

Could this be an encoding problem? Because MSYS2 is fairly new and I think it might be more friendly to the encoding issues related to Windows shell programming.

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components: Windows
messages: 283773
nosy: abkhd, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Python 2.7.13 prints version header and exits immediately on Windows 10 x64
versions: Python 2.7

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