commit b4aaa760533670b196059e6c85d0dd8626d53a51
author Kurt B. Kaiser <kbk@shore.net> Wed Jan 23 22:19:23 2008 +0000
committer Kurt B. Kaiser <kbk@shore.net> Wed Jan 23 22:19:23 2008 +0000
tree ddba12235818510ad0716fdedc9b272a03d1f769
parent 1d9a9eaa89e166d814eb55acc1d6271087fadc83

Could not open files in .idlerc directory if latter was hidden on Windows.
Issue 1743, Issue 1862.

Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py b/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py
index 3318416..08f0b3d 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py
@@ -139,7 +139,12 @@
 
         """
         if not self.IsEmpty():
-            cfgFile=open(self.file,'w')
+            fname = self.file
+            try:
+                cfgFile = open(fname, 'w')
+            except IOError:
+                fname.unlink()
+                cfgFile = open(fname, 'w')
             self.write(cfgFile)
         else:
             self.RemoveFile()