Spyder doesn't launch

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I installed pythonxy 2.6.6.1 on my windows 7 64-bit 2nd gen i7 a few days ago. 
It ran fine for a day or so, then I restared the computer and turned off 
hyperthreading, I then ran spyder again and it launched fine. Then it crashed 
for some reason (just stopped responding a la microsoft) and simply wouldn't 
launch anymore. Now when I try to click on the spyder icon nothing happens.

I have turned hyperthreading back on but this also had no effect. Typing 
"spyder" into the command prompt gives the following result:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Users\uqaschwa>spyder
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python26\Scripts\spyder", line 2, in <module>
    from spyderlib import spyder
  File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\spyderlib\spyder.py", line 49, in <module>

    from spyderlib.utils.environ import WinUserEnvDialog
  File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\spyderlib\utils\environ.py", line 16, in <
module>
    from spyderlib.config import _
  File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\spyderlib\config.py", line 317, in <module
>
    subfolder=_subfolder, backup=True, raw_mode=True)
  File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\spyderlib\userconfig.py", line 99, in __in
it__
    self.load_from_ini()
  File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\spyderlib\userconfig.py", line 131, in loa
d_from_ini
    self.read(self.filename())
  File "C:\Python26\lib\ConfigParser.py", line 286, in read
    self._read(fp, filename)
  File "C:\Python26\lib\ConfigParser.py", line 510, in _read
    raise e
ConfigParser.ParsingError: File contains parsing errors: C:\Users\uqaschwa\.spyd
er2\.spyder.ini
        [line 430]: "ace', 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Consolas', 'Courier New', 'Bitst
ream Vera Sans Mono', 'Andale Mono', 'Liberation Mono', 'Monaco', 'Courier', 'mo
nospace', 'Fixed', 'Terminal']\n"

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ArmanSch...@gmail.com on 21 Jul 2011 at 5:09

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I have a similar problem: can't make spyder launch.
also using windows 7 64bit.

Yesterday I uninstalled pythonxy completely and I installed the fresh 2.7.2 
release from scratch.  Spyder launched from the xy home interface.  But when I 
closed it it didn't start again.  Restarting computer did not solve the issue. 

Is there another way to launch spyder?  I hope this gets solved quickly, it 
ruins my python xy experience completely.

Thanks

Original comment by roeldeco...@gmail.com on 8 Sep 2011 at 8:58

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I had a similiar problem, only my problem was on opening spyder.ini for 
writing.  It happened non-deterministically.  I determined it was caused by my 
virus scanner (AVG) somehow interfering with Python's IO lib.  Adding an 
exception for spyder.ini fixed this issue.  

Original comment by kpan...@gmail.com on 25 Sep 2011 at 8:25

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Thanks a lot for this comment.  It turns out that I'm also using AVG, it never 
came to my mind that this * virus scanner could be the cause.

Original comment by roeldeco...@gmail.com on 25 Sep 2011 at 8:57

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Original comment by grizzly.nyo on 28 Jan 2012 at 12:32

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