The Issue
After a fresh install of Enthought Canopy 1.3.0.1715 win x86 version, it starts with a welcome error.
The error page
The Solution
A possible solution is mentioned on the enthought blog in a reply of this post.
The reply about the solution
The solution is to change the code in file
C:\Program Files\Enthought\Canopy32\App\appdata\canopy-1.3.0.1715.win-x86\Lib\mimetypes.py
from
254 i += 1
255
256 default_encoding = sys.getdefaultencoding()
to
254 i += 1
255
256 if sys.getdefaultencoding()!='gbk':
257 reload(sys)
258 sys.setdefaultencoding('gbk')
259
260 default_encoding = sys.getdefaultencoding()
It Works
The fixed welcoming page
I am still inexperienced to know why this solution works.
However, from the code, it can be found that the windows xp doesn’t provide a proper return string ‘gbk’. In the solution, the system default encoding is set manually to ‘gbk’.
The problem could be the system - windows xp, but also could be the python function, which provides the system settings.