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Author	roger.serwy
Recipients	asvetlov, clikkeb, roger.serwy, terry.reedy
Date	2012-04-14.21:54:56
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Message-id	<1334440497.28.0.703903513781.issue14576@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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I can confirm that setting HOMEPATH to a non-existent directory will prevent IDLE from starting when using idle.bat. If you modify idle.bat such that python.exe is called instead of pythonw.exe, then IDLE starts normally, but with this console message: Warning: os.path.expanduser("~") points to C:\Users\doesnotexist but the path does not exist. Normally, the message is written to sys.stderr, which is None when using pythonw. See issue13582 for more information.

I can confirm that setting HOMEPATH to a non-existent directory will prevent IDLE from starting when using idle.bat. If you modify idle.bat such that python.exe is called instead of pythonw.exe, then IDLE starts normally, but with this console message:

  Warning: os.path.expanduser("~") points to
  C:\Users\doesnotexist
  but the path does not exist.

Normally, the message is written to sys.stderr, which is None when using pythonw. See issue13582 for more information.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-04-14 21:54:57	roger.serwy	set	recipients: + roger.serwy, terry.reedy, asvetlov, clikkeb
2012-04-14 21:54:57	roger.serwy	set	messageid: <1334440497.28.0.703903513781.issue14576@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2012-04-14 21:54:56	roger.serwy	link	issue14576 messages
2012-04-14 21:54:56	roger.serwy	create