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-rw-r--r--Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt3
-rw-r--r--Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py7
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index 5c08a92371..06e4ad4441 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ What's New in IDLE 1.2.2c1?
*Release date: XX-FEB-2008*
+- Could not open files in .idlerc directory if latter was hidden on Windows.
+ Issue 1743, Issue 1862. (backport r60225, r60745)
+
- format_paragraph_event wasn't returning a 'break' (backport r59453)
- Corrected some bugs in AutoComplete. Also, Page Up/Down in ACW implemented;
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py b/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py
index 826fb5dbb8..3ddb4ed82d 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/configHandler.py
@@ -142,7 +142,12 @@ class IdleUserConfParser(IdleConfParser):
"""
if not self.IsEmpty():
- cfgFile=open(self.file,'w')
+ fname = self.file
+ try:
+ cfgFile = open(fname, 'w')
+ except IOError:
+ os.unlink(fname)
+ cfgFile = open(fname, 'w')
self.write(cfgFile)
else:
self.RemoveFile()