Windows 10: Python Idle not working.

Hi guys, i am currently running windows 10 and my python idle version is 3.8. After saving a code when i try to edit it with idle nothing happens. i.e the idle wont run. This might not be the correct place to ask this question but please help me solve this problem. Any answer would be fine. My idle is working fine when i open it manually.

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Made a Mistake with Python


I had to install Python some time ago. I think it so I could use VeraCrypt. I do not remember which version of Python I installed or if it showed up in the app list in Settings.

Yesterday, I decided to install DeDRM removal tools. One of them required Phyton and I installed Python 3.5.4.3504. It shows up in the app list in Settings.\

I then figured out I didn't need Python because I was not going to use the standalone DeDRM removal app but just the DeDRM removcal plugin. So I proceeded to uninstall Python 3.5.4.3504.

I then remembered about the earlier Python install and was wondering if the new Python installation had maybe overwritten the earlier one. Since I need Python for Veracrypt to work, I decided to cancel uninstalling. For the last half hour, I have been looking at at the Python popup saying "canceling" and the cursor showing an hourglass.


1. Is it likely that Python 3.5.4.3504 replaced the previously installed Python ?

2. Was it a mistake to cancel uninstalling? If yes, what should I have done?

EDIT: I restarted and Python 3.5.4.3504 is still installed. VeraCrypt works. I still would like to know why after I canceled uninstalling, the canceling process would not stop.

 

Python, there a metacharacter for the statement to match anything?

I want this python script to open a txt file which will likely have a changing timestamp as a name. so ultimately id like:

file= open('*.txt', 'r')

to work, but it doesnt, cause it looks at * as a character.

Any suggestions

 

python programming

I suggest that you find forums specific to python programming.