slight progress: i reinstalled ticking precompile options in the "Advanced features". Now I get this: icrosoft Windows [Version 10.0.10586] (c) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Nick>python -m idlelib C:\Python\Python35\python.exe: Error while finding spec for 'idlelib.__main__' (<class 'ImportError'>: bad magic number in 'idlelib': b'\x03\xf3\r\n'); 'idlelib' is a package and cannot be directly executed any help hugely appreciated! season's greetings Nick On 22 December 2015 at 20:27, Nicky Mac <nmcelwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have run the install (and repair) which explicitly includes Tcl/Tk and l > have this problem: > > Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.10586] (c) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All > rights reserved. > > > C:\Python\Python35\python.exe -m idlelib > ** IDLE can't import Tkinter. > Your Python may not be configured for Tk. ** > > Please suggest how this can be fixed > any support greatly appreciated > > Nick McElwaine > -- Nick "Mac" McElwaine -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list