Pyscripter Issues

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 12:45 am, Simon Martin wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I have been having issues trying to run python 3.5.1 and pyscripter 2.6.
> Giving the error message that it cannot initialize python.
> 
> I have tried to re-install multiple versions of both python and pyscripter
> to no avail. Any advice?

Yes: start by copying and pasting the full error message here, so we can
read it, rather than summarising it.

Generally speaking, re-installing Python should be your last resort. At the
very least, there's no point in re-installing until you can be sure that
Python itself is broken.

What happens if you run "python3" from the command prompt? I've barely
touched Windows for probably eight years, and I have no idea how to get a
command prompt in Windows 10, but if you can get command.com or cmd.exe
(whichever it is) and try running Python from that, you'll soon find out
whether Python itself is working.



-- 
Steven