#58 Deletion of user .cfg file inhibits launch from WinXP icon

[David Harris]

In a malevolent universe, someone might...

Create a highlighting theme 'splunge'
using 'Configure IDLE'
Delete .idlerc\congif-highlight.cfg

This leads to a situation which is detected and handled
by IdleConf.GetThemeDict(), but results in a puzzling
behavior.

From Desktop icon (Target -> C:\Python22
\Scripts\idlefork.pyw):
Noticeable pause, but no Shell window

From console window (current directory -> C:\Python22
\Scripts):
python idlefork.pyw

Multiple warning messages appear in the console
window (such as):
Warning: configHandler.py - IdleConf.GetThemeDict -
problem retrieving theme element 'error-background'
from theme 'splunge'.
returning default value: '#000000'

Then the Shell window is displayed

Something is inhibiting the Shell window.