Broken 1.5.2 installation? Missing cw3215mt.dll

[Mike C. Fletcher]

Of course, should have done that in the first place (been too long since a
reformat).  Second thing I should have done was to think a few seconds.  I'd
renamed the cygnus install's directory but hadn't searched the system32
directory where some ancient version of the TK/TCL dlls was hanging
around...

Thanks Tim, all working fine now, evil old TCL dlls banished to the aether,
Mike
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   M i k e   C .  F l e t c h e r

       mcfletch at vrtelecom.com

        Designer, Researcher

----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Peters <tim_one at email.msn.com>
To: Mike C. Fletcher <mcfletch at home.com>; <python-list at python.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 22:33
Subject: RE: Broken 1.5.2 installation? Missing cw3215mt.dll


> > Problem is encountered when loading command-line Python or IDLE.  IDLE
is
> > non-functional, command line works fine after acknowledging the
> > missing DLLs (as far as I can see).
> > ...
> > Could be the Cygnus TCL is interfering I suppose.
>
> Aha!  Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen, Mike.  Having more than one
> version of tk*.dll or tcl*.dll anywhere in your entire *city* is like
> putting a male brain-eater in your left ear and a female brain-eater in
your
> right ear at the peak of brain-eater mating season, then betting you can
> keep them apart by force of moral suasion.  You should reformat your
drives
> and reinstall NT to be *sure* <wink>, but before that try uninstalling
every
> Tcl/Tk you have, "dir/s" your drives from the roots to make sure nothing
> matching tk*.dll or tcl*.dll survived, uninstall Python, and reinstall
> Python with the One True Tcl/Tk that comes with it.
>
> followups-to-cameron-laird<wink>-ly y'rs  - tim
>
>