Thanks Martin for the link, However I want to use the Pythonxy distribution (including SPYDER) on my 64 bit Win 7. Win 7 specifics dealing with path and directory issues cause problems (e.g.unable to start Spyder). If we could somehow could avoid these win 7 specifics then the Pythonxy package would be more generic and usable by more people. I guess for ini and config settings the path and directories are used, but are they really needed ? I found a .xy directory with ini and cofig settings. I think access to the directory where these files are placed is problematic on Win7(even with administrator rights). Can the .xy be placed in a different directory ?
I use an old laptop with XP where Pythonxy and Spyder are running fine but I prefer my new 64 bit laptop and desktop for the programming... Thanks, Arthur 2011/3/14 martin smith <[email protected]> > On 3/14/2011 6:07 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi, > > The win 7 issues (Spyder does not start or errors in the internal Spyder > > console) have to do with acess to c: > > documents and settings. I fond that it is not possible to access > > c:\documents and settings in Win7 even with administrator rights. > > > > Why is this directory needed ? > > What part of Pythonxy uses this directory ? > > > > Is it possible to avoid the usage of this directory ? > > or > > use a directory in the format of c:\Users\Arthur ? > > > > Are there more win 7 - 64 bit users having this problem ? > > > > Thanks very much. > > > > Arthur > > > > Check out the packages available at > http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/. > > - martin > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "spyder" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "spyder" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib?hl=en.
