Spyder fails to launch

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If relevant, please answer to the following questions:
1. What version of Python(x,y) have you installed?
2.7.3.1

2. Which components have you installed (Python(x,y) installer:
    All the defaults, plus I added vpython, scipy.

3. Have you selected the option "Customize installation directories"?
    No

5. Where did you install Python(x,y) itself?
    default path

6. Have you installed Python(x,y):
 For "All users"

7. What is your operating system?
Windows 7

8. Is the operating system 64 bit?
 No

9. When you installed Python(x,y), were you logged in as :
 a regular user

10. If you are using Windows Vista/7, have you installed Python(x,y):
 simply by double-clicking on the installer

11. Regarding installed software on your machine, how did you clean your
machine before installing Python(x,y)  (multiple answers are possible):
 uninstalled any previous Python distribution 

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Reinstalling Python(x,y)
2. Opening Home screen
3. Clicking Spyder shortcut icon 

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect Spyder interface to open, but it just 'thinks' for a moment then does 
nothing. (In '--debug' mode a terminal window appears for a second then 
vanishes, but Spyder still does not open.)

Note: it was working fine the first time I downloaded Python(x,y) (same 
version), but today I clicked on it and it didn't run all of a sudden. I 
restarted my computer, uninstalled/re-installed the whole program, but no luck. 
I also found a previous thread the problem was someone's security scanner, so I 
added an exception for C:\Python27\Scripts\spyder, to no avail.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by asalm...@ssl.umd.edu on 22 May 2013 at 6:52

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1. check your path setting - PyQt should be listed first
2. Run "Reset Spyder" from the start menu 
start->Programs->Python(x,y)->spyder->Reset Spyder

Original comment by grizzly.nyo on 22 May 2013 at 7:50

• Changed state: Started

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Thanks - The path does list PyQt4 first, and I ran Reset Spyder, but it still 
does not open. (Note: it will not open directly from the start menu either.)
Do you have another suggestion?

Original comment by amanda.s...@gmail.com on 29 May 2013 at 5:54

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please check 2.7.5.0

Original comment by grizzly.nyo on 6 Jun 2013 at 7:25

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1. Please open a command line 
2. enter the following:
"python c:\Python27\Scripts\spyder"
3. attach the output

Original comment by grizzly.nyo on 16 Jun 2013 at 2:47

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Thank you for your response. I did try 2.7.5.0, with the same result.

The output is as follows:

C:\Python27\Scripts\spyder
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python27\Scripts\spyder-script.py", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('spyder==2.2.0', 'console_scripts', 'spyder')()
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources.py", line 343, in load_entry
_point
    return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources.py", line 2354, in load_entr
y_point
    return ep.load()
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources.py", line 2060, in load
    entry = __import__(self.module_name, globals(),globals(), ['__name__'])
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\spyderlib\start_app.py", line 13, in <modu
le>
    from spyderlib.config import CONF
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\spyderlib\config.py", line 430, in <module
>
    subfolder=SUBFOLDER, backup=True, raw_mode=True)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\spyderlib\userconfig.py", line 108, in __i
nit__
    self.load_from_ini()
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\spyderlib\userconfig.py", line 147, in loa
d_from_ini
    self.read(self.filename())
  File "C:\Python27\lib\ConfigParser.py", line 305, in read
    self._read(fp, filename)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\ConfigParser.py", line 546, in _read
    raise e
ConfigParser.ParsingError: File contains parsing errors: C:\Users\asalmoir\.spyd
er2\.spyder.ini
        [line 268]: 'in_python'

Original comment by amanda.s...@gmail.com on 17 Jun 2013 at 4:36