On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Don't waste your time with that stupid "repair option". What > does an uninstall and reinstall process take these days... > all of two minutes? > > Oh boy... The first rule of troubleshooting is always to > apply the simplist fix first, then start walking up the > "staircase of complexity" until you find a solution. > Something specific and esoteric as editing the registry is > very near the top of the staircase. In this case, the "easy > fix" is a quick and painless uninstall+reinstall. One of the > core philosophical principals of Python is: "In the face of > ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess", and while > uninstall+reinstall may indeed seem like a drastic measure, > it is the most practical solution for this kind of problem.
I'm not sure how "refuse to guess" translates into "wipe it out and start over". I *never* recommend uninstall/reinstall as a first measure. It's a stupid idea unless you actually know that it's going to help. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
