[issue8693] Py_Initialize: can't initialize sys standard streams

New submission from Muhammad Bashir Al-Noimi : After installing python-3.1.2.msi I'm not able to run to python.exe at all because it gives me the following error message: Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: can't initialize sys standard streams LookupError: unknown encoding: c

[issue8693] Py_Initialize: can't initialize sys standard streams

Muhammad Bashir Al-Noimi added the comment: I uninstalled python-2.6.3 before installing python-3.1.2.msi -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue8

[issue8693] Py_Initialize: can't initialize sys standard streams

Muhammad Bashir Al-Noimi added the comment: No No, this isn't duplicated issue because if I copied cp720.py to Python31\Lib\encodings Python still crashed and gives me the following error Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: can't initialize sys standard streams TypeError:

[issue8693] Py_Initialize: can't initialize sys standard streams

Changes by Muhammad Bashir Al-Noimi : -- status: closed -> open ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue8693> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Un

[issue8693] Py_Initialize: can't initialize sys standard streams

Muhammad Bashir Al-Noimi added the comment: This is the file I'm adding for removing warning message which is not the reason of crashing -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17303/cp720.py ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/i

[issue8693] Py_Initialize: can't initialize sys standard streams

Muhammad Bashir Al-Noimi added the comment: humm I re-read issue1616979 I'm confused is it really duplicate issue? if yes I couldn't find the way for fixing in issue1616979 PS I'm newbie in Python and I faced this problem in first day I use Python so please forgive me if m

[issue8693] Py_Initialize: can't initialize sys standard streams

Muhammad Bashir Al-Noimi added the comment: For fixing this issue I tried to following: 1) Installed python-2.6.3.msi 2) Downloaded cp720.py, genwincodec.py from http://svn.python.org/view?rev=74000&view=rev 3) Copied cp720.py it to Python31\Lib\encodings 4) Run Python31\python.exe I got

[issue8693] Py_Initialize: can't initialize sys standard streams

Muhammad Bashir Al-Noimi added the comment: Thanks and I'm very sorry for disturbance I'll try to get help through mailing list you've mentioned -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.py

[issue8693] Py_Initialize: can't initialize sys standard streams

Muhammad Bashir Al-Noimi added the comment: Lie Ryan gave me the solution, copy http://svn.python.org/view/python/branches/py3k/Lib/encodings/cp720.py?view=markup to Python31\Lib\encodings -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue8