[issue9404] IDLE won't launch on XP

New submission from Chris Leaf : I have been using IDLE on my previous laptop and it was working well although I have to say I'm still very new to python. I've read around about the issue and can't find any solution I can use. I can run the IDLE GUI through the python command

[issue9404] IDLE won't launch on XP

Chris Leaf added the comment: Also the IDLE that I do manage to get open really doesn't work correctly, more errors appear on the command line console as I try to do things like close the IDLE window. So that doesn't serve as a useful t

[issue9404] IDLE won't launch on XP

Chris Leaf added the comment: I can clear the attributes from the properties window of the folder but if I remove them both it will automatically reset it back to Read Only every time i close the properties window. I can get it to be hidden but I can't make it permanently avai

[issue9404] IDLE won't launch on XP

Chris Leaf added the comment: The hidden field is not filled in, here's a screenshot of the attributes options -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file18240/Attributes.JPG ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/i

[issue9404] IDLE won't launch on XP

Chris Leaf added the comment: Upon trying to delete I'm prompted with an error: Access is denied. Make sure the disc is not full or write-protected and that the file is currently not in use. My disc isn't full and I cannot find anything accessing it (and the folder is empty

[issue9404] IDLE won't launch on XP

Chris Leaf added the comment: I also cannot get into the folder itself. "Access Denied" -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue9404> ___ ___

[issue9404] IDLE won't launch on XP

Chris Leaf added the comment: The problem is that I can do nothing to the folder at all -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue9404> ___ ___ Pytho

[issue9404] IDLE won't launch on XP

Chris Leaf added the comment: Sorry but I still cannot get it to work because the folder remains inaccessible to me and immutable. Is there any way around this problem? -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue9

[issue9404] IDLE won't launch on XP

Chris Leaf added the comment: I solved the problem myself by editing the EditorWindow.py file where it sets self.recent_files_path by setting it to a different file location (I created a file in my Python31 directory named recent-files.lst and then set the recent_files_path to the absolute