ntvdm problem on win2k

[Al Christians]

Here's some more info on this:

When I use the Win2k feature to search for files, it turns up python.exe 
in the \cygwin\bin directory.  The file size is shown  as 24 bytes. 
Mighty small for an executable.  The file is hidden.  This is evidently 
the guy who was caussing the problem.

Why does cygwin include a hidden file that hides python on the path?

Al Christians wrote:

> I started having some problems running python programs (python 2.3) from 
> the Win2k command line.  I would get crashes with an NTVDM error.  Even 
> just executing python would cause it.  I upgraded to python 2.3.5, and 
> no difference.  When I rearranged my path to move cygwin and a bunch of 
> other stuff (.net, etc) after C:\python23, the problem went away.
> 
> Is this problem known to anyone but me?  Any diagnosis, solution of 12 
> or fewer steps, or support group?   If I'm distributing python programs 
> (python 2.3.5 packaged with py2exe) should I warn or notify the 
> recipients that this is a possible problem with the programs?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Al