SubProcess.py needs to be patched - at least in 2.4 - to work from windows GUIs:
def _make_inheritable(self, handle): """Return a duplicate of handle, which is inheritable""" if handle==None: handle=-1 return DuplicateHandle(GetCurrentProcess(), handle, GetCurrentProcess(), 0, 1, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list