Files can only be modified in IDLE, but not via Powershell

[Peter Otten]

On 08/02/2021 22:33, Stefan Ritter wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> It would be highly appreciated if you could offer me some advice to
> solve a problem I'm currently facing:
> 
> I have a Windows 10 ADM64 desktop and a Windows 10 AMD64 Laptop.
> 
> I wrote some code to insert text in a .txt-file. It works perfectly on
> my laptop.
> 
> On my desktop it works only if i run it in IDLE, the text appears
> afterwards in the file . However it does not work if run it in
> Powershell (or anything else), there are no changes made in the file.
> 
> I do not understand why this is the case. Python version, installation
> paths and user are the same on desktop and laptop. I searched a bit and
> found out that this issue might be caused by my antivirus software
> comodo, but even after I replaced it with antivir, an reinstalled python
> this didn't change anything.
> 
> As mentionned, any help is highly appreciated. If you need any
> additional information please let me know!

My crystal ball says Idle and the shell use different working 
directories; you have a relative path, change one file and are looking 
at the other.

If that's not the case -- show us the code.
If there is an error message and a traceback provide that, too.

Use copy-and-paste for both code and error.