I had the same problem on Windows 7 running Anaconda with Python 2.7.

For me the solution was to update ipython

conda update conda
conda update ipython ipython-notebook ipython-qtconsole


Hope this helps

On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 5:03:47 PM UTC+1, dprice wrote:
>
> This concludes my troubleshooting of this problem:
>
> Unfortunately, nothing seemed to work.  This computer is an enterprise 
> maintained unit, and though I have administrator privileges, I am not "the 
> administrator". So, I had my help desk rep look at it and he ran a windows 
> systems file check utility (sfc) and it report several corrupted Win 7 
> system files. The log of these error was over 2MB in size, but I did not 
> have privileges to look at it. When the sys admin tried to look at it, he 
> was denied as well. Odd, I know, but the conclusion is, this computer is 
> sick and needs to be re-imaged. When the administrator is denied access, 
> something is truly amiss. 
>
> Is this the root cause of my problem? Unknown, but if when you have 
> corrput system files and my problem with sypder happens when a windows file 
> explorer is opened, there is a good chance they are connected. Regardless, 
> trouble shooting a spyder problem on a computer with corrupted system files 
> is probably a fruitless task. 
>
> They won't re-image my machine because its too old. So, I have to pitch my 
> thinkpad... which has been a fantastic machine.... for a Dell.
>
> On Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 1:22:49 PM UTC-7, dprice wrote:
>>
>> After some digging, I'm fairly convinced that its not spyder or python 
>> that are causing directly causing my problems, but somehow related to the 
>> Windows explorer function. 
>>
>> When I run spyder, I get the crash when I see "loading file 
>> explorer....." on the splash screen.
>>
>> I can start spyder light and run python interactively just fine. I can 
>> see and use the variable explorer.
>>
>> BUT, when I attempt to either use the "working directory" function from 
>> the options pull down in spyder light, OR I attempt to run a python script 
>> using the "Run..." command from the spyder light options pull down, spyder 
>> light just disappears from my screen. By running spyder light from another 
>> computer, the first thing I see is a windows file explorer window when I 
>> access the two aforementioned commands, is a windows file explorer.
>>
>> So, I now know:
>> 1. When spyder tried to load the file explorer at startup, it crashes
>> 2. When spyder light tries to open the the working directory, it 
>> activiates a Windows explorer window, and crashes.
>> 3. When spyder light tries run a python script, it activiates a Windows 
>> explorer window, and crashes.
>>
>> The votes have been counted folk....Somehow, when spyder/python tries to 
>> access this function in the OS, it crashes. 
>>
>> Is this a registry problem? A path problem?
>>
>> D
>>
>> On Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 10:36:12 AM UTC-7, dprice wrote:
>>>
>>> Carlos,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply. If you could redirect all advice regarding this 
>>> issue to this group, I'd appreciate it. Google groups is more convenient 
>>> for me to use than GitHub.
>>>
>>> This morning, I reinstalled spyder (conda install spyder) after I 
>>> uninstalled it last night.
>>>
>>> "spyder" did not work.
>>> "spyder --new-instance" did not work
>>>
>>> Deleting the .spyder2 directory, followed by "spyder --new-instance" did 
>>> not work.
>>>
>>> In all cases, Windows reported "python.exe has stopped working".
>>>
>>> Windows reported:
>>>
>>> Problem signature:
>>>   Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
>>>   Application Name:    python.exe
>>>   Application Version:    0.0.0.0
>>>   Application Timestamp:    54935c78
>>>   Fault Module Name:    python27.dll
>>>   Fault Module Version:    2.7.9150.1013
>>>   Fault Module Timestamp:    54935c77
>>>   Exception Code:    c0000005
>>>   Exception Offset:    0008fc79
>>>   OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.4
>>>   Locale ID:    1033
>>>   Additional Information 1:    0a9e
>>>   Additional Information 2:    0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
>>>   Additional Information 3:    0a9e
>>>   Additional Information 4:    0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
>>>
>>> If I'm not mistaken, the additional info lines contain call outs to my 
>>> registry, though a search via REGEDIT turned up no matches..
>>>
>>> My username is 5 letters that are all ascii. 
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at 8:09:42 PM UTC-7, Carlos Córdoba wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Please follow the advice I gave you on Github. Other than that, I'd 
>>>> like to ask you if you have a Windows user name that has non-ascii letters 
>>>> on it. That could be other thing that is causing your problem.
>>>>
>>>> And yet another advice is to look for and remove our configuration 
>>>> directory, which is called .spyder2 (notice the dot at the beginning of 
>>>> it).
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Carlos
>>>>
>>>> El 19/05/15 a las 18:36, dprice escribió:
>>>>
>>>> I've been trying to solve this problem for weeks, to no avail. Please 
>>>> note I am a technical person, but hardware, not software. 
>>>>
>>>> Here's the issue. I had the old Spyder 1.7.0/pyt2.7 working for years 
>>>> on my laptop, Win 7, 32-bit. I recently uninstalled it and reinstalled 
>>>> Spyder 2.3.4-pyt2.7. 
>>>>
>>>> When:
>>>>
>>>> I launch spyder from:
>>>>
>>>> 1. The Spyder Windows icon
>>>> 2. From the windows command prompt
>>>> 3. From the Anaconda command prompt
>>>> 4. From the python command line
>>>> 5. From the windows command prompt with defaults (spyder --defaults)
>>>>
>>>> It always results in a crash, followed by "python.exe has stopped 
>>>> working" (or sometimes "pythonw.exe has stopped working"). This usually 
>>>> happens when the splash screen says "loading file explorer"
>>>>
>>>> What I have tried that does not fix the problem:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Uninstalling and reinstalling
>>>> 2. Resetting spyder (spyder --reset)
>>>> 3. deleting the .spyder2 directory 
>>>> 4. changing the spyder config file, to disable the explorer. This 
>>>> results in the crash happening when the splash screen says "loading 
>>>> namespace...."
>>>>
>>>> The only information I receive from windows is the an applications 
>>>> crash, and the offending application is python27.dll.
>>>>
>>>> I'm out of ideas and need help. I am willing to do the work and send 
>>>> whatever info required to solve this problem, but I need a guru to lead 
>>>> the 
>>>> way.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
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