Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Mark, you did not specify which of the variations you tried ;-) I reproduce as I said in my last message.
C:\Programs\Python34>pythonw -m idlelib Python 3.4.1 (v3.4.1:c0e311e010fc, May 18 2014, 10:45:13) [ >>> import subprocess >>> p = subprocess.Popen(["python", "-c", "print(32)"], stdin=None, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE) Traceback (most recent call last): ... _winapi.DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS) OSError: [WinError 6] The handle is invalid Change startup command from pythonw to python, no error, and it runs. >>> p.communicate() (b'32\r\n', b'') ---------- stage: test needed -> needs patch versions: +Python 3.4, Python 3.5 -Python 3.2, Python 3.3 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue3905> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com