--- userconfig - Copy.py	Sat Jan  5 06:31:28 2013
+++ userconfig.py	Wed Jan 23 10:53:16 2013
@@ -160,13 +160,15 @@
         """
         fname = self.filename()
 
+        # import pdb;pdb.set_trace()
         # See comment #5 on Issue 1086
-        if osp.isfile(fname):
-            os.remove(fname)
+        # if osp.isfile(fname):
+        #     os.remove(fname)
 
-        conf_file = file(fname, 'w')
-        self.write(conf_file)
-        conf_file.close()
+        #conf_file = file(fname, 'w')
+        with open(fname, 'w') as conf_file:
+            self.write(conf_file)
+        #conf_file.close()
 
     def filename(self):
         """