[Python-Dev] Windows Toolchain

[Tim Lesher]

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 11:46, Eric Pruitt<eric.pruitt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to build Python 3.1 on Windows XP Pro (32 bit) using Microsoft
> Visual C++ Express Edition in order to test some modifications I made to the
> _subprocess.c file as part of my Google Summer of Code proposal. I cannot
> seem to figure out how to compile Python on Windows and could use some
> guidance. The Visual Studio Solution file ../PCbuild/pcbuild.sln does not
> work when I attempt to open and no error message is given when clicked. When
> opened from the Visual C++, it says "Solution folders are not supported in
> this version of the application."

What version of Visual C++ Express are you using?  This sounds
suspiciously like a version issue.
-- 
Tim Lesher <tlesher at gmail.com>