Python 2.2.1 Idle can't find _sre (Win98)

[Darrell]

A shot in the dark.

Check you python path with something like this.
Run it by double clicking it, to check file associations.

import sys
print sys.path
raw_input("Done")


Old .pyc and .pyo files have caused me problems.


--Darrell

Gary Pajer wrote:

> Using Win98SE.
> Python 2.2 has been working fine. On a whim I upgraded to 2.2.1 today.
> Now Idle won't start.
> The traceback says that sre_compile.py fails at "import _sre" , No module
> named _sre.
> 
> A search of google groups came up dry.
> Any idea?