Python Visual C++ Runtime Library Error

**Magefsx** · January 22, 2011, 01:27 PM

Essentially this:
http://bugs.python.org/issue9890
When I run the command line solution suggested, I get this message back:
Import Error: No module named site
And what is the "-n flag"?
I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to programming, but from the little I've managed on my friends laptop I decided to take it up. Seeing as Pythons quite a nice language, in comparison to looking at Java/C++, I'd quite like to be able to run it on win7.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

**Dewy** · January 23, 2011, 02:14 AM

From what little information you have given it sounds like you are having problems with IDLE not python. Install notepad++ instead, it's much better than IDLE. But if you want to fix the problem with IDLE, I suggest install a visual C++ redistributable, which sounds like the problem the guy in the link is having. For future reference you're being to ambiguous with your question, such as "essentially this" is not even slightly helpful in determining your problem.

**Bolkonsky** · January 23, 2011, 07:07 AM

Originally Posted by Dewy

From what little information you have given it sounds like you are having problems with IDLE not python. Install notepad++ instead, it's much better than IDLE. But if you want to fix the problem with IDLE, I suggest install a visual C++ redistributable, which sounds like the problem the guy in the link is having. For future reference you're being to ambiguous with your question, such as "essentially this" is not even slightly helpful in determining your problem.

Can Notepad++ debug?

**Magefsx** · January 23, 2011, 08:00 AM

I had microsoft visual C++ installed before I installed IDLE (=>above error), which still didn't work after uninstalling visual C++ (same error).
When I run "Python(command line)", the command line box appears for a fraction of a second, then disappears
When I run IDLE, nothing happens at all (no error box).
The above 2 problems occur when trying to run python 2.7
I get the error when trying to run the IDLE with python 3.1

**Garnier** · January 23, 2011, 09:42 AM

When I run "Python(command line)", the command line box appears for a fraction of a second, then disappears

That's probably because you don't have any pause or input happening, so when the script is done, or an error happens, it closes.

If you're running this python call in a batch file, put a pause>nul at the end of the batch file, and then it will pause when done so you can see the output.

**Magefsx** · January 23, 2011, 02:52 PM

And where do I enter that?
Opening the batch file gives me no opportunity to enter this

**Dewy** · January 24, 2011, 12:07 AM

Originally Posted by Magefsx

And where do I enter that?
Opening the batch file gives me no opportunity to enter this

Open it in a text editor.

**irishron** · January 23, 2011, 03:47 PM

I've edited Python batch files in Notepad++. That is what the unpack_all.bat in Medieval II Total War\tools\unpacker is written in.

**Magefsx** · January 24, 2011, 11:33 AM

Ok, thats done. Now when I run the batch file, I get a command box with a flashing white underscore. No text present at all.
What do I do now?

**Bolkonsky** · January 25, 2011, 11:36 AM

Can you post the code here?

**Magefsx** · January 26, 2011, 11:38 AM

Code:

@echo off
rem Start IDLE using the appropriate Python interpreter
set CURRDIR=%~dp0
start "%CURRDIR%..\..\pythonw.exe" "%CURRDIR%idle.pyw" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9
pause>nul

From the batch file idle