[Tutor] A few Python Mysteries [Reset]

[Wayne Watson]

If you read on past a few paragraphs, there is some reason for hope that 
2.7.2 is close to running. But first, the dll story.

As it turns out in the other part of this thread, the "Python25.dll" was 
a typo on my part.  It's really Python26.dll.  Upon re-booting to make 
sure of that I read the message fully, and discovered that it read:
C:\Program Files9x86)\Uniblue\DriverScanner\Python26.dll not installed. 
What is Uniblue you ask? I installed a new version of the video program 
Winamp back in early Nov, and it had some selections.  One of which was 
to include Uniblue Driver Checker.  I thought I'd give it a try.

After the install completed, I thought I'd give it a  try. It goes 
through all your drivers to find which ones are out of date. Surprise. 
You can buy the latest ones through them. I uninstalled Uniblue, but as 
it turns out, it was an incomplete uninstall.  I just spent the last 
30-45 minutes trying to get it uninstalled. Finally, I sent an e-mail on 
how to do it. I have no idea how it got entangled with Python 2.6. So 
for the time being it's out of the picture.

As a question asked by others, is Python27 under ...\System32. It is 
under C:\Python27.  Further, it is the 64-bit version associated with 
Python.

In reading some of the other posts, I was unsure of whether Python27 is 
put on the PATH or not by the install.  The question remains 
unanswered.  I just left it there, as I re-installed 2.7.2 minutes ago.  
Here's where matters stand.

The fact that when I right click on a py file, it begins with Open and 
then Edit with IDLE is very encouraging.  The downside is that IDLE does 
not come up.  However, the Start menu's Python27 entry shows Edit with 
IDLE, Manuals, ..., and Python Console.  The console works. The fact 
that IDLE actually appears in both places is again encouraging.

Under ...\Python27\Lib\idlelib, I can find idle.py, idle.pyw and 
IdleHistory.py.  Clicking on idle.pyw does nothing.

A few months ago when I broached this install and IDLE problem, someone 
mentioned idle.bat. It is in the same  idlelib. Is there something that 
needs to be done here, to get IDLE active?  Is this where having 
Python27 in the path causes a problem with IDLE?


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