[Tutor] New Python 3.3.2 Install Fails to Start-Up

[Jim Mooney]

Another thought from my experience with windows. Run chkdsk. If you
keep installing the same good program, and it keeps failing, you could
be installing over a disk error, over and over, that may have been
caused if you wrote a huge data file that didn't close, likely to the
python disk space area if your disk isn't cluttered.

If chkdks fixes the problem, install again.

If that doesn't work, rename the python directory to oldpython, then
install, and windows will be forced to install to a different disk
area. You can deal with the bad disk area later, using something like
spinrite (if that's still around - I'm dating myself ;')

Jim

On 7 July 2013 22:43, Nathan Schlaffer <nathanschlaffer at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Tutor,
>
> I have a Windows 7 Laptop. I installed Python Version 3.3.2 this morning and
> it worked fine. Then I tried to run a program someone else wrote (see
> below), and Python closed. Then I couldn't get Python to restart even after
> rebooting several times. I then uninstalled Python, rebooted, cleaned the
> Windows registry, and reinstalled Python from scratch. But I stilll couldn't
> start Python, so I tried uninstalling Python and using a restore point
> several times with no success. I still can't make Python run from the IDLE
> (Python GUI) on the start menu. Can anybody please help me?
>
> Second, I tried to run my Python programs today via IDLE but when I checked
> the Edit Menu I couldn't find a Run Menu to execute or run my program. How
> do I run a program once I have written the code in IDLE?
>
> Sincerely,
> Nathan Schlaffer
> E-mail: nathanschlaffer at gmail.com
>
>