#30 Spyder fails to start

[Anonymous]

Originally created by: haven...@gmail.com

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Install WinPython portably in user home directory
2. Double click on Spyder
3. Spyder fails to start

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I expect Spyder to start, but console window flashes briefly (usually empty, too), and nothing happens.  Task manager shows no processes or programs running.  Reinstall and Spyder works for awhile, but eventually fails to start.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

2.7.3.3.amd64

Please provide any additional information below.

Problem exists on 3.3Beta on Win64 as well.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: leben...@gmail.com

I have exactly same problem. I installed WinPython 32-bit on a Windows XP PC, it works fine (great actually).. Then I installed it to TWO Windows 7 PC, one with Python 2.7 already installed, one with no Python at all, both of them return this message when I run Spyder or Control Panel via WinPython Command Prompt:
"Syntax Error: Non-ASCII character '\x90' in file . . . on line 1, but no encoding declared"

I also have it in my portable drive, and it works fine on both machine. I don't get what's going wrong here. Google search doesn't help either.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: pierre.raybaut

Thanks for this report.

Could you please attach the full traceback? (Where the error is occurring)

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: fengk...@gmail.com

I have the same problem for winpython-64bit-2.7.3 running on Win 8 64 bit.
After running the batch file spyder.bat in the scripts directory, I got the following message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "spyder", line 2, in <module>
    from spyderlib import spyder
  File "D:\WinPython-64bit-2.7.3.3\python-2.7.3.amd64\lib\site-packages\spyderli
b\spyder.py", line 81, in <module>
    from spyderlib.utils.environ import WinUserEnvDialog
  File "D:\WinPython-64bit-2.7.3.3\python-2.7.3.amd64\lib\site-packages\spyderli
b\utils\environ.py", line 17, in <module>
    from spyderlib.widgets.dicteditor import DictEditor
  File "D:\WinPython-64bit-2.7.3.3\python-2.7.3.amd64\lib\site-packages\spyderli
b\widgets\dicteditor.py", line 31, in <module>
    from spyderlib.config import get_icon, get_font
  File "D:\WinPython-64bit-2.7.3.3\python-2.7.3.amd64\lib\site-packages\spyderli
b\config.py", line 365, in <module>
    subfolder=SUBFOLDER, backup=True, raw_mode=True)
  File "D:\WinPython-64bit-2.7.3.3\python-2.7.3.amd64\lib\site-packages\spyderli
b\userconfig.py", line 106, in __init__
    self.load_from_ini()
  File "D:\WinPython-64bit-2.7.3.3\python-2.7.3.amd64\lib\site-packages\spyderli
b\userconfig.py", line 142, in load_from_ini
    self.read(self.filename())
  File "D:\WinPython-64bit-2.7.3.3\python-2.7.3.amd64\lib\ConfigParser.py", line
305, in read
    self._read(fp, filename)
  File "D:\WinPython-64bit-2.7.3.3\python-2.7.3.amd64\lib\ConfigParser.py", line
546, in _read
    raise e
ConfigParser.ParsingError: File contains parsing errors: D:\WinPython-64bit-2.7.
3.3\scripts\..\python-2.7.3.amd64\..\settings\.spyder2\.spyder.ini
        [line 122]: 'r'

The 32bit version runs well, though often annoyingly pauses for instance after "pl" when typing pl.show()

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: fengk...@gmail.com

WinPython Control Panel cannot be started for the 64bit version, too.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: haven...@gmail.com

After a nice period of time of Spyder working as expected, and seeing some of the comments on my original submission, I tried to break it and succeeded.  To break it, I started Spyder and while it was still running, attempted to start Spyder (light).  Spyder (light) failed to start.  And after exiting Spyder, it is refusing to start now as well.  Now I have no idea if it is possible to have spyder and spyder light running at the same time, and I can't see why I would want to, but I was trying to recreate the problem.  I pretty much doubt that was the sequence of events that caused my initial report.

My windows mojo is not good, and I can't capture the console output.  Some error message appeared the first couple of times I tried to restart Spyder after breaking it, but now it exits before even they can appear.  I tried running the spyder.bat to capture the console output but no luck there, either.

Unlike some, the WinPython Control Panel is still starting for me.  In fact everything else is starting.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: jlvander...@gmail.com

Had the same problem when just double clicking on spider.
Solved it by running Spyder as an administrator.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: haven...@gmail.com

Re-examined this issue.  Thought 32-bit version solved problem, but now that's not working either.  If jlvander's comment is true, then it is likely a problem with permissions between spyder and the host OS, although I can't imagine why it would work for a time and then stop.  I don't have admin rights on the computer I'd like to run this on, so his workaround doesn't work for me. 

Does spyder try to phone home, creating some network traffic that my admins see and then block which eventually causes the failure?  Occasionally, I will get a notice on other apps that indicate that network administrators have blocked some capability of that app, but the app mostly works anyway locally.  Often it is some sort of auto-update service.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: me2sp...@gmail.com

Same problem here.  What worked for me is navigating to Spyder directory in cmd terminal and type "Spyder.exe --reset"

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: ttdu...@gmail.com

Same problem for me. Nothing started. What I did is add the follwing to setting/winpython.ini

PYTHONPATH = C:\WinPython-64bit-2.7.5.1\python-2.7.5.amd64\Lib

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: shyamlal...@gmail.com

I had the same problem of spyder showing nothing for a long time after i started. I waited for some time and the IDE has opened....

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: aniel...@fastmail.fm

See issue 53 and 57. With WinPython 3.3.2.1 installed on 64 bit Windows 7 machine, I downloaded the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14632, installed it and then copied msvcr100.dll from C:\Windows\System32 to C:\WinPython\python-3.3.2.amd64 (replacing the file that is already there). This seems to solve the problem.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: jesse.ga...@gmail.com

Had same problem on Win 7 immediately after WinPython installation with no additional configuration changes. Then ran Spyder.exe as an administrator and it launched.

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: eperry4...@gmail.com

After reading a previous comment, I, also navigated to the Spyder directory via the cmd terminal and typed "Spyder.exe --reset".  It worked for me as well.
MAKE SURE TO USE "--" not "-"

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: absm...@gmail.com

I encounter the same problem.  From the popped up window, I could read that there is some library that spyder cannot import.