Python won't run due to ImportError: cannot import MAXREPEAT

Question

I am new to python but have been using both IDLE and EricIDE for a few weeks without any major problems.

I was editing a program I had written that called ra

Answer 1

I suggest you uninstall. Completely remove C:\Python33 and also C:\Windows\System32\python33.dll. _sre is built in to the latter DLL. MAXREPEAT is set by its initialization functionPyInit__sre (Modules/_sre.c). Clearly, something is wrong there.

When you download the 3.3.1 installer, make sure you get the right binary for your platform, i.e. x86 for 32-bit Windows and X86-64 for 64-bit Windows.