I tried to start up python for the first time, but it said the handle was invalid, any clues?
Triverske 0 Newbie Poster
jice 53 Posting Whiz in Training
what is the precise error message ?
How did you install python ?
What is your OS ?
Ene Uran 638 Posting Virtuoso
Pythons normally don't come with a handle, this must be a new breed.
ov3rcl0ck 25 Junior Poster
Handle? Like its throwing an exception? You honestly make no sense.
Triverske 0 Newbie Poster
I'm on XP, I try to open python.exe and it gives me the error message, The Handle is Invalid
Ene Uran 638 Posting Virtuoso
Did you use the .msi binary installer to install Python?
How are you trying to open python.exe?
Normally you find the IDE called Idle.pyw somewhere in the Python folders (like C:\Python31\Lib\idlelib) and double click on it to get going. Doing any programming out of the Python shell directly is f****cking ugly!
Stefano Mtangoo 455 Senior Poster
Use IDLE, Notepad++, ulipad, or editor/IDE of your choice.
Using Commandline is poorest idea. Anyway if you still wish to do that, Add Python path to your system path and type on console:
python
There you are!
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