Patrick Poitras added the comment: So I tried to open Python33\python.exe and it's trying to load codecs from Python 2.7 which I think has to be the cause of the problem. When it raises CodecRegistryError, the 2.7 syntax is wrong for 3.3 and causes a SyntaxError.
Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: unable to load system file codec File "C:\Python27\Lib\encodings\__init__.py", line 123 raise CodecRegistryError,\ ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue17658> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com