Python 2.4 on Windows XP

[Jeff Shannon]

DavidHolt wrote:

> I have a problem that I see on two different machines, one running XP
> SP1 and one XP SP 2.
> 
> On both I installed Python 2.4.
> 
> I can't seem to start IDLE. When I try to start it, I get an hourglass
> cursor for a short time then nothing more happens. This happens whether
> I click the IDLE shortcut or click the pythonw.exe directly, or attempt
> to launch pythonw from a command line.

Maybe I'm misinterpreting you, here, but pythonw.exe is *not* IDLE. 
It is, instead, a console-less version of the Python interpreter, 
which can run the Python scripts for IDLE (among other things).

My version of Python is older, but in %pythondir%/Tools/idle, there is 
an idle.pyw file.  Try running that.  If it doesn't work, then copy & 
paste any error messages (you'll probably need to run it from a 
command line for this) to your next post here so that we can try to 
troubleshoot a bit more effectively.

Jeff Shannon
Technician/Programmer
Credit International