[Tutor] A few Python Mysteries [Reset]

[Lie Ryan]

On 12/25/2011 06:24 AM, Alan Gauld wrote:
> On 24/12/11 18:58, Wayne Watson wrote:
>> Yikes. I gave the permissions for .idlerc above. The problem is with
>> recent-files.py.
>>
>> IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
>> 'C:\\Users\\Wayne\\.idlerc\\recent-files.lst'
>>
>
> Can you open it in Notepad from the same command prompt?
> ie. is it just idle that can't open it, or is it any program?

also, try deleting the whole folder (or just in case, move the folder 
somewhere else), IDLE should create a new folder and config files, 
hopefully with the correct permission.