Issue with opening a python file

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 02:56 pm, Daniel Ding wrote:

> Hello, I'm relatively new to python.
> Recently I have been receiving errors every time I attempt to open python
> files. When try open them, it sends me directly to the 'Modify Setup'
> window. Clicking on repair or modify does not fix the problem, it simply
> goes through the repair or modify process and then closes, whilst the
> problem still persists.  Is there any possible fix for this?

Depends. What has changed? Have you upgrade the OS? (Windows 8 apparently
tends to auto-update to Windows 10 without warning.) Installed a new
version of Python which doesn't work?

What happens if you try to launch the Python application directly, without a
file? Open a shell (command.exe or cmd.com or whatever Windows calls it)
and try entering "python" or "python3". What happens?

If you get an error message, try to copy and paste the complete error
message into your reply. Otherwise try to type out the actual error
message.

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-- 
Steven