openstenoproject/plover

Plover won't launch in windows with PYTHONHOME variable set to edb directory

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NickLargey commented

Describe the bug

Plover won't launch after installing either the Windows Installer or Portable zip. After deleting PYTHONHOME variable Plover will launch.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Download either Windows install method
  2. Follow installation guide
  3. Run plover from shortcut or run plover_console.exe from CMD line to get error message

Expected behavior

Plover will not launch

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Operating system
OS: Windows 10
Plover Version: 4.0.0.dev12

  • OS: [e.g. Windows 10, Ubuntu 20.04, macOS Catalina]
  • Plover Version [e.g. 3.x, 4.x, weekly]
user202729 commented

Weird case, but it would make sense for the launcher to hard code Python environments (sys.path?) to point to Plover's Python distribution.