Python GUI Teacher access ok Student blocked

[speckytecky]

We are using Pyton for GCSE work now. However, students are getting an error on the GUI.

 

The teacher is running the GUI ok but the student is getting the following message:

 

Subprocess Startup Error

 

IDLE’s subprocess didn’t make the connection. Either IDLE can’t start a subprocessor a firewall software is blocking a setting.

 

I'm guessing that this must be something Group Policy related - any suggestion where to look please?

[caffrey]

Restriction policies ?

 

Have you tried any of the online compilers ? Not tried them myself but I asked the IT head to take a look a them to see if they are any good - e.g. Execute Python Script Online lots of other languages there too

[AdamWeston]

Had a similar issue with the ntpath.py file having a variable userhome which was pointing at homepath which defaulted to D:\ but due to a lack of CD drives the same error occurred, in our case we could change this to USERPROFILE to avoid the error.

 

if 'HOME' in os.environ:

userhome = os.environ['USERPROFILE']

elif 'USERPROFILE' in os.environ:

userhome = os.environ['USERPROFILE']

 

This might not be relevant in your situation as the error is not very descriptive.

 

To get a more descriptive error swap the names of python.exe and pythonw.exe and run the GUI again.