[issue8378] PYTHONSTARTUP broken on Windows

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[issue8378] PYTHONSTARTUP broken on Windows

New submission from John Van Praag : The PYTHONSTARTUP environment variable does not work--does not import the indicated startup file--when IDLE is started under Windows. I have tested under Windows XP SP2, and under Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit. The os.environ variable does list the startup