Installation problem on Windows 98

[Dave K]

On 16 Feb 2004 02:26:44 -0800 in comp.lang.python, kent at cpttm.org.mo
(Kent Tong) wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I've installed Python 2.3 using the Windows installer
>downloaded from www.python.org. I'm using Win98. The
>installation process went well without any problem.
>However, double-clicking the "IDLE (Python GUI)" does
>nothing. The cursor changes to a hour-glass for about
>1 second and then nothing happens. The "Python (command 
>line)" works.
>
>Any help? Thanks!

The standard installation should have done this, but it might be worth
checking - the path in my shortcut is:

   D:\Python23\pythonw.exe "D:\PYTHON23\Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw"

Changing the argument to a non-existent file gives me the behaviour
you mention (a very brief hourglass, followed by nothing). Also, if
you're running a personal firewall, you could check that pythonw.exe
isn't blocked (that shouldn't really prevent it starting up AFAIK, but
worth checking).

That's about the limit of my technical expertise, I'm afraid, maybe
another process you're running is interfering, but I wouldn't have a
clue what it might be.

Dave