Error while launching python idle.

[Terry Reedy]

On 10/26/2015 7:28 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 10/24/2015 3:00 PM, Vijay kumar wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recently installed python 2.7 on my windows 10 laptop. When i launch
>> python by clicking the python idle the following error appears
>
> In attached image. You should also type the text so it appears in
> responses.
>
>> even before i do anything.
>
> Just click OK and continue.  This should really be a warning, not an

I changed the 'error' to a warning and expanded the message a bit, 
including 'select OK and continue'.

> error.  You will see it once each session, but only once. The recent
> files list will not be saved for when you restart IDLE the next time.

> It is up to you to determine why it cannot be written in your home
> directory and whether you can change permissions.

Before IDLE tries to write to $Home/.idlerc/recent-files.lst it reads 
it, so it exists.  It does this on startup.  Something or someone other 
than IDLE made it read only.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy