tkinter.filedialog.askopenfilename() fails with "SharedMemory read faild"
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
# Add a code block here, if required
from tkinter import filedialog
filedialog.askopenfilename()
CPython versions tested on:
3.12
Operating systems tested on:
Windows
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the failure with tkinter.filedialog.askopenfilename() on Windows using CPython 3.12, as shown in the issue. Trace the reported “SharedMemory read faild” error and identify the affected tkinter file-dialog entry point; the issue is complete when the file dialog opens without that error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100