On Sun, 20 Aug 2017 12:11 am, Rick Johnson wrote: > On Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 5:39:19 AM UTC-5, Chris Angelico wrote: >> 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. > > No, what's stupid is spending hours running down non-issues > because you'd rather take random guesses than choose the > easy, practical solution.
Assuming that it is the solution, which it often isn't. Just in recent months, there have been a spate of posts from people with problems on Windows, invariably ending with some plaintive cry of: "I've uninstalled and reinstalled again and again and it didn't help!" I must admit I don't remember the solution because, not being a Windows guy I didn't care that much, but if you care you can search the archives. -- Steve “Cheer up,” they said, “things could be worse.” So I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
