[issue14576] IDLE: "IDLE's subprocess didn't make connection.Either IDLE can't start a subprocess or personal firewall software is blocking the connection."

2014-04-05 Thread Divyanshu Sharma 

Divyanshu Sharma added the comment:

I found the root cause for the error regarding python in my pc that shows the 
error message 

"IDLE's subprocess didn't make connection.Either IDLE can't start a subprocess 
or personal firewall software is blocking the connection."

It was caused due to a software known as proxifier which provides fast and 
somewhat unrestricted network access on proxy networks. It redirected my 
connection request from pythonw.exe to the port and IP on which the proxy 
network is established.

The problem hence can be easily sorted by creating new proxification rules in 
such softwares, if the cause of the problem can be traced to some similar 
mechanisms used that may intercept and modify the network requests for other 
programs.

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title: IDLE: resolving home directory for configuration uses HOMEDRIVE, 
HOMEPATH, and USERPROFILE inconsistently on Windows. -> IDLE: "IDLE's 
subprocess didn't make connection.Either IDLE can't start a subprocess or 
personal firewall software is blocking the connection."

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[issue14576] IDLE: resolving home directory for configuration uses HOMEDRIVE, HOMEPATH, and USERPROFILE inconsistently on Windows.

2014-02-26 Thread Divyanshu Sharma 

Divyanshu Sharma added the comment:

I found a weird solution for the problem. Exchange the names of python and 
pythonw in the python33 folder. This makes the IDLE to call both and as a 
result python opens in both modes simultaneosly, and the subprocess connection 
error don't shows up.

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nosy: +Divyanshu

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