[issue24389] idle launches in cmd but not from any other method.

[Harvesting Ore]

Harvesting Ore added the comment:

sure, i'll give it a shot.. 

but while i'm doing that i managed to get further errors when trying to launch the shell and editor


 Warning: os.path.expanduser("~") points to
 %USERPROFILE%,
 but the path does not exist.

 Warning: os.path.expanduser("~") points to
 %USERPROFILE%,
 but the path does not exist.

Failed to import extension:  AutoComplete
Failed to load extension 'AutoComplete'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python31\lib\idlelib\EditorWindow.py", line 922, in load_standard_ext
ensions
    self.load_extension(name)
  File "C:\Python31\lib\idlelib\EditorWindow.py", line 932, in load_extension
    mod = __import__(name, globals(), locals(), [])
  File "C:\Python31\Lib\idlelib\AutoComplete.py", line 21, in <module>
    from idlelib import AutoCompleteWindow
  File "C:\Python31\lib\idlelib\AutoCompleteWindow.py", line 6, in <module>
    from idlelib.AutoComplete import COMPLETE_FILES, COMPLETE_ATTRIBUTES
  File "C:\Python31\lib\idlelib\AutoComplete.py", line 21, in <module>
    from idlelib import AutoCompleteWindow
ImportError: cannot import name AutoCompleteWindow
Exception in Tkinter callback
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python31\lib\tkinter\__init__.py", line 1399, in __call__
    return self.func(*args)
  File "C:\Python31\Lib\idlelib\ScriptBinding.py", line 130, in run_module_event

    code = self.checksyntax(filename)
  File "C:\Python31\Lib\idlelib\ScriptBinding.py", line 88, in checksyntax
    self.shell = shell = self.flist.open_shell()
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'open_shell'

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